Thousands of illegals obtained drivers licenses the old-fashioned way--they found the right person and bribed them:

WASHINGTON - Thousands of undocumented immigrants have obtained driver licenses in three states, federal authorities said Thursday, highlighting a security hole that the Sept. 11 hijackers exploited.

Three employees of Florida's motor vehicles agency were among 52 people arrested in a bribery scam that put driver licenses in the hands of at least 2,000 undocumented immigrants, officials said. The case, announced Thursday, follows similar arrests in Michigan and Maryland over the past week.

There doesn't appear to be any terrorist connection in these cases, but--

Eighteen of the 19 hijackers involved in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, had valid driver licenses or state-issued identification cards. At least one of those hijackers was in the United States illegally.

Nine of the 19 had Florida driver licenses; three had ID cards issued by the state.

Obtaining driver licenses was a priority for the hijackers, said Janice Kephart, counsel to the Sept. 11 commission and an expert on immigration and border security issues. ''The object was to appear legitimate,'' Kephart said.

These cases took place in three states; Florida, Michigan and Maryland. I'd be very surprised if similar activities weren't going on in just about every state.