April 29, 2026

California is barreling toward a data-sharing deal that advocates say could expose more than 1 million unauthorized immigrants with state driver’s licenses to greater deportation risk. Under the Real ID push, the state plans to send detailed license-holder information — including whether someone has a Social Security number — to a national database run by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, a move critics say breaks a decade-old promise and could put airport access and immigrant privacy on a collision course.

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