Reminder: Biden flip-flopped on giving illegal immigrants driver’s licenses

Published May 6, 2021 10:00am ET



In New Jersey, it’s illegal to pump your own gas, but you can legally drive a car even if you’re illegally in the country.

New Jersey became one of 16 states in the country to start offering driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants at the start of this month. It’s an unpopular idea that 62% of the state’s residents opposed in a 2018 Monmouth University poll and a bad one for a myriad of reasons. It’s also one that President Joe Biden supports — at least, that he supports now.

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