License application leads to immigration bust

The Chicago Tribune reports:

When Illinois enacted a program to issue driver's licenses to qualified residents who entered the U.S. illegally, state officials assured the applicants they need not fear becoming targets for deportation.

But immigration agents were waiting for Felipe de Jesus Diosdado when he entered a Villa Park state office for a February meeting on his license application. Now the 35-year-old resident of Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood and his family are waiting to see if he will be sent back to Mexico.

At the same time, officials at the secretary of state's office, which administers the program and whose agents contacted immigration officials, are re-examining how it handles background information from a population that is typically wary of authorities.

Attention for future U.S. Attorneys after Eric Holder has left office : Illinois is running a RICO enterprise in violation of federal immigration law.