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Rep. Andy Nuñez
Former Democrat, and now independent, Andy Nuñez, I-Hatch, will carry Gov. Susana Martinez’s legislation that would revoke driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. The bill will be a committee substitute of a bill that Nuñez was already sponsoring, one that would require a valid Social Security number to receive a driver’s license in New Mexico.
New Mexico In Focus explains:
Originally, the bill would have changed the law that allowed non-citizens to get a driver’s license using a taxpayer identification number. The bill also would prevent the Taxation and Revenue Department from changing the rules and allowing other documents.
But Nuñez said that after meeting with Martinez, he decided to change his bill to include her proposal to cancel existing licenses that have been issued to illegal immigrants.
New Mexico In Focus reports that Nuñez will also carry other bills for Martinez, a Republican.
Nuñez decided to become an independent, or “decline to state,” after being stripped of committee positions and a chairmanship by Speaker of the House Ben Luján. Nuñez had backed a challenge to the speakership by Rep. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, which never materialized. Instead of voting for Luján as all other Democrats, as Nuñez was at the time, Nuñez voted “present.”
All Republicans voted for Minority Leader Tom Taylor, R-Farmington.
Nuñez also said that he will carry several other bills for Martinez.
