[From TC Daily Planet]
“About 30 activists gathered at the Waite House Community Center in Minneapolis on February 25 to strategize ways to move forward with a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license. Mujeros En Liderazgo (Women in Leadership), an organization dedicated to social and immigration issues, organized the meeting. Only a handful of states have passed similar laws, while a larger number require proof of immigration status to be presented by drivers license applicants.
Maria Cisneros emphasized the problems that lack of a driver’s license can create. “If a child gets sick, and they don’t have access to the emergency room or they can’t get a job, this is a loss to the economy,” she said. “Someone who is affected by domestic violence may not report to the police because they don’t have a driver’s license or I.D. This affects single mothers and their children, from not being able to take children to the doctor or to get to work to support their children.”..”
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/02/28/drivers-license-bill-undocumented-workers
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