Bill granting licenses to undocumented immigrants advances in Virginia Senate

By The Associated Press
February 5, 2020 | 7:13 PM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to possess a driver’s license in Virginia has advanced in the Senate.

Senate Bill 34, introduced by Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell of Fairfax, would allow immigrants to obtain a driver’s license regardless of legal status. The applicant must prove they don’t have a Social Security or individual taxpayer identification number, and submit a certified statement that their information is true.

The bill had several amendments this legislative session.

House Bill 1211, introduced by Fairfax Democratic Del. Kathy Tran, is identical legislation that also extends such rights to undocumented immigrants.

Virginia man charged with impersonating a police officer at a police station

By Ian Crawford
August 22, 2026 | 4:17 PM

Police in Prince William County, Virginia, have arrested a man who they say was trying to pass himself off as a cop. And he picked the one place his story was least likely to fly: at a police station. Officers said the man, later identified as Matthew Bailey Thompson, 45, of Manassas, showed up at the gate to a secure parking lot at their central police station on Davis Ford Road in Woodbridge around 7 p.m. Wednesday. He tried to get into the lot by telling them that he was an officer, too.

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