In September 2007 Spitzer unveiled a controversial plan to allow illegal immigrants to receive driver's licenses.
That's why the governor and legislative leaders have proposed legislation to let undocumented immigrants receive driver's licenses, as a dozen states and the District of Columbia do.
There were a half-dozen of us, including my wife, Dale, and three women from lifestyle and travel magazines, all there to saddle up and receive driver safety training for recreational off-road vehicles, or R.O.V.'s.
During his tenure, extensive environmental legislation passed to protect the Chesapeake Bay, gay marriage was legalized, the minimum wage was raised, the death penalty was abolished and undocumented immigrants were allowed to receive driver's licenses.
If public interest in the fate of these feminist activists continues from now until June 24, when the first women will receive driver's licenses in Saudi Arabia, what was expected to be a celebration for the kingdom could become an embarrassment.
More than 660,000 Dreamers have been granted DACA, which allows them to work legally and, in most states, to receive driver's licenses.
Every state in the country allows DACA recipients, who have two-year work permits, to receive driver's licenses, although some governors and legislatures initially fought against it.
Sandoval is one of many workers benefiting from evolving views over whether undocumented immigrants should be allowed to receive driver's licenses.
At the time, he said, the move was meant to assist illegal immigrants, who cannot receive driver's licenses in most states.
