ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State officials say four Mexican nationals have been arrested for trying to obtain New Mexico driver's licenses using false residency documents.
The arrests Tuesday come the day New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez signed into law a new measure revising the state's immigrant driver's license law after years of pressuring lawmakers.
The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department said two of the Mexican nationals used fraudulent lease agreements to try to obtain New Mexico driver's licenses. Officials say they were caught with a third person, who had already fraudulently obtained a New Mexico driver's license.
State officials say all three lived in Arlington, Texas and had previously been deported.
A fourth person lived in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Their names were not released.