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On 19 April 2018, Occupy Democrats was among Facebook pages and web sites sharing a meme which claimed that a Republican lawmaker in Michigan, Rep. Triston Cole, had introduced a bill proposing that immigrants' drivers' licenses be marked with a yellow star: A 10 April 2018 Detroit Free Press article was linked at the end of the post. It did not mention using a star on the license at any point, but an attached image included a sample Michigan license featuring a star: That article reported on bills proposing a visual marker on temporary immigrants licenses, and quoted Cole as saying that there will not be any such requirement: An article published on the same day by the same outlet noted that the use of LT on licenses began in 2013. As for the yellow star mentioned in the meme, that confusion seemed to stem from unrelated provisions under the 2005 REAL ID Act. In September 2014, the Boston Globe reported: As presented, the memes and blog post are mostly false. Although lawmakers in Michigan did propose a visual marker on the licenses of temporary immigrants, Cole most recently said there will not be any such designation on licenses. The bills mentioned in the meme were aimed at REAL ID Act compliance, and the yellow star is unrelated to immigration status. Under provisions of the 2005 legislation, the marking is in fact used to signal compliance with a Department of Homeland Security program.
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