Feds approve California’s immigrant license words

Published September 20, 2014 3:41am ET



SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials have given their backing to a redesigned license for immigrants living in California illegally, which includes wording that distinguishes it from those for legal residents.

Homeland Security officials told the California Department of Motor Vehicles that the state’s decision to include the words “federal limits apply” on the face of the license would comply with a law that created national identification standards after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to a copy of the letter that was made public Friday.

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