California DMV issues driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
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The John Phillips ShowOct 17, 2026
The California DMV's own handbook states it offers driver's licenses to all residents regardless of immigration status, and a 2026 Reuters report says 19 states plus DC license undocumented immigrants, a group that includes California per other sources. The claim is accurate as of 2026-10-17, and the extracted wording is faithful to the post.
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… Ah, you know, because you're talking about 10 million people in this county. 20,000 is a small, small number. Well, i think about this for a second: the DMV issues driver's licenses to illegal aliens, correct? Yes. Thanks for that one, Gil Sidio. Okay, and then the DMV automatically registers you to vote when you get a driver's license, correct? They call it Motor Voter, 'cause everything has to rhyme. …
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Supports. The California DMV handbook states that California offers driver's licenses for all residents regardless of immigration status, under a section on licenses for undocumented residents.[4]
Supports. Reuters (2026) reports that 19 US states and DC provide driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, and a 2026 report describes California and 18 other states as having invited undocumented people to obtain licenses for more than a decade.[1][5]
Context. A 2018 PolitiFact fact-check confirms that AB 60, signed in 2013, made California one of the states allowing driver's licenses for people in the country illegally, with more than 900,000 issued by June 2017.[2]
Context. A 2026 AP report concerns a court ruling protecting licenses held by immigrant truck drivers, including asylum seekers and people with temporary status, and does not dispute that the DMV issues licenses to undocumented people.[3]
Sources
5 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 not rated
- 1How US states mistakenly added 30,000 non-citizens to voter rollsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2No, California didn't pass a law allowing undocumented ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3California must let immigrant truck drivers keep their licenses, judge rulesapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Section 1: The California Driver's Licensedmv.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5'A betrayal:' California to share data on immigrant drivers nationallyabridged.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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