Earn Privilege

Earn Privilege
A driver license is a privilege that the citizens of United States can shared with illegal immigrants. Nobody really knows how many illegal immigrants are living in the U.S. Based on the national census in 2000; the US Census Bureau puts the estimate of illegal immigrants at 8.7 million. As of 2003, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services put the number at 7 million. Since then, United States immigration officials have said the number has grown by as much as 500,000 a year. These are people who are driving without a valid driver licenses. This great number of illegal immigrants is the main reason why illegal immigrants should not be denied the ability to legally obtain driver’s licenses.
Any citizen of this great country has to earn the privilege to obtain a driver license. Citizens need to go through the process to obtain this privilege. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has an exam that consists of two parts. The exam has a written part that has about 25 questions relating on traffic laws that driver need to know for the driver’s and pedestrian’s safety. Also, the exam has a driving test that involves a DMV official going out with the driver to make sure that the driver knows the traffic laws. Furthermore, if the driver fails to answer 20 out of 25 questions correctly of the written part of the exam; the driver would not get a driver license. The same concept goes for the driving part of the exam. This exam is why citizens need to earn this privilege. If illegal immigrants were to be allowed to obtain driver license they should earn this privilege and this exam should teach them the traffic laws of our country.
Also, the allowance of obtaining driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants would give our country an idea how many of illegal immigrants live in our country. Moreover, the fee to apply for a driver license is 31 dollars. Multiply this fee by the number of illegal immigrants who would apply for a driver license and that income...