to comply with the Real ID Act, which set requirements for accepting state identification in federal facilities like airports, California has to renege on the promise to illegal aliens to hide their immigration status from the federal govt.

if state officials don’t turn over the data, the Department of Homeland Security may refuse to accept California licenses and IDs at airports

Because California recorded their social security numbers as 999-99-9999 it's simple and easy to pull all the names and addresses of everyone without a real social security number.

The state plans to provide the information to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, a nonprofit organization whose governing board is made up of DMV officials from across the country.

The information given to the association will go into the group’s State-to-State Verification system and its platform, known as SPEXS, which allows DMVs and contractors that work with them to verify if someone has more than one license issued in their name.

If/when federal immigration officials gain bulk access to the data they can use the fact that a person doesn’t have a Social Security number signals that they’re deportable.

https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/04/california-dmv-shares-immigrant-driver-data/