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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by ac29 on Thursday May 08, 2025 @02:48AM (#43923705)
I only clicked through the first few steps of the process but it appears to require government issued ID.
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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by hedora on Thursday May 08, 2025 @11:14AM (#43926887)
You don't need to be in the country legally to get a California driver's license.

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification...

Similarly, there are mechanisms that allow victims of crimes to seek help from the police without fear of deportation.

Makes sense to me. I'm much more worried about road safety and crime than people coming to the US then paying payroll and sales taxes, but not being able to claim federal benefits.

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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by int_19h on Thursday May 08, 2025 @03:59PM (#43930677)
Which is to say, they are "undocumented" on federal level but not on state level.

Which is well and good, but then the original question still applies: how do the bots manage to get past all these requirements?

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