There's been a boom in driver's licenses issued to immigrants here illegally

There's been a boom in driver's licenses issued to immigrants here illegally - LA Times:
"...An estimated 605,000 licenses were issued under the law last year, accounting for nearly half of all new licenses, according to the California DMV.
Nearly 400,000 of the licenses were issued during the first six months.
"We believe that this new law increases safety on California roads by putting licensed drivers behind the steering wheel," spokesman Artemio Armenta said.
...Brown in August signed a trio of immigration-related measures, which included elimination of the word "alien" within California's labor code to describe immigrants in the country illegally.
The new laws also included allowing noncitizen high school students to serve as election poll workers and protecting immigrant minors in civil lawsuits..."