{"id":236930,"date":"2026-04-29T04:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/california-to-share-immigrant-driver-data-a-betrayal-of-ab-60-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:55:11","slug":"california-to-share-immigrant-driver-data-a-betrayal-of-ab-60-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/california-to-share-immigrant-driver-data-a-betrayal-of-ab-60-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"California to share immigrant driver data: A betrayal of AB 60 privacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64665-california-to-share-immigrant-driver-data-a-betrayal-of-ab-60-privacy-news\">California to share immigrant driver data: A betrayal of AB 60 privacy?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64665-california-to-share-immigrant-driver-data-a-betrayal-of-ab-60-privacy-news\">https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64665-california-to-share-immigrant-driver-data-a-betrayal-of-ab-60-privacy-news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-29 04:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"jang.com.pk\">jang.com.pk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>?California to share immigrant driver data: A betrayal of AB 60 privacy<\/p>\n<p>California is preparing to share driver\u2019s license data with a national organization, a move that critics say breaks a decade-long promise to protect unauthorized immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The state plans to send information to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators to comply with the federal REAL ID Act.<\/p>\n<p>For year, California\u2019s AB 60 law allowed undocumented residents to get licenses while promising their data would not be used for immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>However, officials now say they must share this data to ensure California IDs remain valid for boarding airplanes.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates are outraged noting that the shared files will use a \u201c99999\u201d placeholder for those without Social Security numbers making them easy to identify.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2026-04-29\/64665_7290327_Middle_updates.jpg\" alt=\"The DMV is requesting $55 million to facilitate the transfer\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"uploaded-jshare-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The DMV is requesting $55 million to facilitate the transfer<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Rosenberg of Oakland Privacy called the decision \u201ca direct betrayal,\u201d adding \u201cIt\u2019s unclear how extreme the danger people are being put into by this decision but there\u2019s no doubt we told people with AB 60 licenses this would never happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DMV is requesting $55 million to facilitate the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>While the state insists it \u201ccontinues to lead in supporting immigrant families,\u201d Pedro Rios of the American Friends Service Committee described the plan as \u201ca betrayal of California\u2019s commitment to protect and defend all its residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64665-california-to-share-immigrant-driver-data-a-betrayal-of-ab-60-privacy-news\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California to share immigrant driver data: A betrayal of AB 60 privacy? 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