Texas closes vehicle registration “loophole”: foreign passports no longer accepted

State leaders who have been taking a hard stance against illegal immigration just discovered and closed what they say was a loophole that allowed people to register their vehicles with only a passport.

Texas lawmaker says new rule aims to improve road safety, reduce insurance costs

It’s a decision that one North Texas lawmaker believes will lower insurance costs and make the streets safer by keeping undocumented immigrants from getting behind the wheel.

But businesses that serve the Latino community worry that it will have a devastating impact on the local economy.

For 15 years, Steve Banda has sold vehicles and, more recently, food truck trailers from a lot in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood of Dallas…

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