When it comes to undocumented immigrants applying for an AB 60 driver's license, it has been especially hard for people whose country is not on the list of countries whose nationals are approved to apply for AB 60, whose passports contain an electronic chip.
Many passports don’t have that update yet — from mostly African countries like Ethiopia, Algeria, and Cameroon. For many of the estimated 26,000 undocumented Africans in California, that’s meant going through a longer application process, and being forced to deal with their consulates — which are often uncooperative.
