Six years ago, James and his wife Regina were two of 2,000 people who received a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation informing them that they had to surrender their driver's licenses or face possible repercussions. Since James and Regina were undocumented immigrants, their individual tax identification numbers (ITINs) allowed them to legally file taxes, but not to claim the associated tax benefits, such as driving, as a result of theREAL ID Act of 2005. Although not all states have fully complied with these stipulations, the act, in principle, requires that Social Security numbers, rather than ITINs, be used to secure a license — and Social Security numbers are not given to the undocumented.
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