L.A. to consider multi-use library cards for illegal immigrants

The L.A. City Council is studying a proposal to issue library cards with pictures and other information which could be used as IDs in banks and other offices.  - - Donna Poisl

By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles officials are considering a plan to turn the library card into a form of identification that the city's large illegal immigrant population could use to open bank accounts and access an array of city services.

The City Council unanimously voted recently to consider the proposal, which would have Los Angeles join the growing number of cities across the nation that offer various forms of identification to undocumented workers and others who cannot get driver's licenses because of their immigration status.
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