Where there's a law, there's a way around it.
U.S. immigration law has been so laxly enforced over the past few decades that the subterfuges involved in living here illegally have become commonplace.
Get a friend to add you to his Sam's Club account. Use that photo ID to get a hunting license. Take these, a bill which has arrived to your address and your birth certificate to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, get a driver's license.
That's what used to work, anyway. After state law was amended in 2001 to require an applicant to provide a Social Security number, undocumented residents still had a couple of choices: Provide the BMV with a number that is valid, but belongs to someone else; or easier yet, just make up a number.
But that jig is up.
Residents were reminded at a recent community meeting on the subject that it is legal to drive on a foreign driver's license for six months after moving to the area, according to Goshen Assistant Police Chief Mike McCloughen.
If you're any good at convincing police officers that you just moved here, then that might work for quite a while.
But good numbers of undocumented residents have shown up at recent meetings conducted by advocates, where talk of transferring vehicle titles to license drivers is balanced with a desire to comply with those laws with which they are still able to comply.
Andrés Avila, of Apan-Goshen Working Together, encouraged complying with insurance laws despite there being little recourse for retaining one's driver's license.
"This way, at least you can say, 'I don't have a license but here is my insurance card,' and do what you can to be legal."
Automobile insurance can be purchased by unlicensed drivers, according to agent Rich Michaels, though premiums are about 30 percent higher.
While getting around the license requirements has been exponentially tougher in recent months, apparently getting around the Social Security number requirement for renewing a license plate is less so.
The word "Illinois" is on the lips of many around the area. A Goshen resident who goes by the last name of Vasquez explained why.
"You don't have to apply for a license plate at a state office. You can do it at money exchange places. All you have to do is give them an ID with your name on it."
No license is required, Vasquez says. There is a residency requirement, however, which he says is easily fulfilled by giving them someone else's Illinois address or simply making one up.