New York, NY —

Governor Spitzer's anti-fraud driver's license scanner passed its first public test, even as forces opposing his plan to make it easier for illegal immigrants to get licenses continue to fight it.

REPORTER: The new technology used at a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Albany successfully scanned documents in a process Spitzer said will authenticate foreign-issued passports to make sure immigrants are who they say they are.

Spitzer's new plan calls for three types of driver's licenses. Illegal immigrants would still be able to get a license under Spitzer's plan, although it would be a license that is clearly stamped that it doesn't prove legal residence in the U.S. At last night's Democratic Presidential debate, Senator Hillary Clinton expressed sympathy with Governor Spitzer's plan, but she stopped short of saying she thought it was a good idea.

CLINTON: What Governor Spitzer is trying to do is fill the vacuum left by the failure of this administration to bring about comprehensive immigration reform. We know we have in New York several million at any one time who are in New York illegally. They are undocumented workers; they are driving on our roads.

REPORTER: Clinton's remarks came at the end of a testy democratic debate in which she came under repeated attack by Senator Barack Obama and Senator John Edwards.