While the NC-DMV does not issue driver’s licenses (DL’s) to illegal immigrants, it does give DL’s to anyone with a DL from another state. Therefore, NC assumes the issuing state, say Virginia, did its due diligence to verify the citizenship of the individual applying for an NC DL. Convenient when you or I go to the DMV after we move from one state to another, but it is disastrous because of the snowball effect of illegal “residency.”

Scenario: An illegal immigrant can simply go to Virginia and apply for a DL with a utility bill. The utility companies do not ask for citizenship when beginning services. The illegal can then move to NC and apply for an NC-DL with a NC utility bill. The NC-DMV will give the applicant a DL test in Spanish. If the applicant passes the test, then they are issued an NC-DL, regardless of the fact they cannot read English, which happens to be the language our signs are printed in. (I don’t have to remind you about all illegals involved in the wrong-way, drunk driving deaths in Charlotte.) With that NC-DL, the illegal can then register to vote, get a library card, register a car and get auto insurance. All key elements of establishing “legal” residency, even though they broke all of our immigration laws to get here.

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has written a book titled "In Mortal Danger" where he discusses this in further detail.