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ANNOUNCED THE RULES STATES WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW WHEN HANDING OUT NEW DRIVERS LICENSES... AND THAT MEANS BIG CHANGES FOR NEW MEXICO. ITS CALLED 'REAL I-D' AND THE GOVERNMENT HOPES IT WILL MAKE THE COUNTRY SAFER. BUT THE STATES WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL TO MAKE IT WORK ... AND MANY SAY THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE PLAN. CRIS ORNELAS IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH WHAT LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE PLAN. THE NEW ID WILL STILL BE A NEW MEXICO DRIVER'S LICENSE... BUT IT WILL DIFFER IN TWO MAJOR WAYS. IT WILL BE HARDER TO GET AND THEORETICALLY WILL BE HARDER TO TAMPER WITH. EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ONE TO GET ON A PLANE... THE NEW FEDERALLY MANDATED REAL ID. BY 2014 EVERY DRIVER UNDER THE AGE OF FIFTY WILL HAVE TO HAVE ONE. 59:10-59:20 'that puts rules very stringent rules on the state on what is required to issue a driver's license for use in federal purposes. DRIVERS WILL HAVE TO SHOW CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS TO GET ONE... AND EVEN THEN THE MVD WILL HAVE TO CONTACT THE FEDS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE. 1:03:31 'the security increase you get through the enactment of these regulations isnt there you dont get a stronger drivers license the majority of the 9-11 hijackers would have still qualified for a driver license under these regulations' BUT THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN SAY IT WILL MAKE US SAFER AND CLAMP DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. 1:55- 2:01 '45-thousand foreign nationals in the state of new mexico who have new mexico drivers licenses'IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES COUNTER BY SAYING GIVING IMMIGRANTS DRIVERS LICENSES MAKES US SAFER BY ENSURING THEY KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND HAVE VALID INSURANCE. THE NEW I-D WILL ALSO BE HARDER TO FAKE THAN MOST STATE DRIVER'S LICENSES... BUT STATE OFFICIALS SAY THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO NEW MEXICO. 1:05:25 'the real id requirements are less secure than new mexico's current drivers license system' AND WHAT ABOUT THE COSTS... CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE BETWEEN 4 AND 11 BILIION DOLLARS TO SWITCH OVER THE WHOLE COUNTRY... NEW MEXICO SAYS THEY'LL HAVE BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT'LL COST US BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. TODAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL.....