Licenses for illegal immigrants: Big business for driving schools

NEW YORK - Domenico Pinto's driving school has always banked on immigrants.

When he opened his business in Queens nearly 40 years ago, it was to help Italians learn enough English to take the written exam for a driver's license. Soon, waves of immigrants from other countries began arriving at his school in hopes of learning the rules of the road in their new home.

Then Sept. 11 came, and customers dropped off as the government began requiring drivers to provide federal immigration documents to prove they were in the country legally.