The latest on New Mexico lawmakers' REAL ID debate:
6 p.m.
A New Mexico Democratic lawmaker says GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump will put people "in boxcars and send them where they don't want to go."
Rep. Antonio Maestas made the Holocaust reference Monday during a heated New Mexico House committee meeting over a Republican proposal to place New Mexico in compliance under the federal REAL ID Act.
Maestas said some of the bill's provisions, which Democrats say targets immigrants, were something "Trump would love."
A Trump campaign spokesman did not immediately return an email.
The GOP proposal would end the state's practice of granting driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally. Instead, the plan would give those immigrants "driver's permit cards."
Last year, New Mexico Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero compared the REAL ID Act to the Holocaust in a similar meeting.
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5:45 p.m.
A GOP-sponsored bill that would make New Mexico compliant under the REAL ID Act and allow some allow immigrants to obtain driver's permit cards has cleared another hurdle.
The proposal passed 7-6 on Monday in the House Judiciary Committee along party lines after a nearly three-hour meeting.
The measure passed despite charges of racism from immigrant advocates.
New Mexico currently allows immigrants in the country illegally to obtain driver's license and this bill would only allow them get the driver's permit cards.
It was the first of at least two proposals state lawmakers are examining to get New Mexico in compliance with the federal REAL ID Act.
Already, some federal facilities have stopped accepting New Mexico driver's licenses.
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