Pennsylvania Lawmakers Consider Easing the Path for Illegal Immigrants to Get Driver’s Licenses

In this file photo, a California Highway Patrol officer explains to immigrants the process of getting a driver's license during an information session at the Mexican Consulate, in San Diego, Calif., on April 23, 2014. Lenny Ignelzi/AP Photo

A Social Security number is required in Pennsylvania to get a driver’s license, preventing some 160,000 illegal immigrants of driving age from getting their driver’s license.

Pennsylvania’s General Assembly is considering changing that in a measure under discussion during a Wednesday hearing of the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee. It would allow a Tax Identification Number to be used to obtain a license.