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"The same systems that have oppressed many African Americans are used to separate families and deport immigrants," states Rev. Boyer. "The overlap is clear. As ICE relies more and more on the criminal justice system, a system in which Black people are arrested, charged, and incarcerated at higher rates than any other group, Black immigrants are detained and deported at higher rates. Nationally, Black immigrants who lack federal status represent just 5.4% of immigrants without status and 7.2% of noncitizen immigrants, yet are disproportionately represented at nearly 11% of all immigrants in the immigration enforcement system. Further, Black immigrants... [make] up 20% of immigrants facing deportation on criminal charges."
We demand #JusticeForAll #DriverLicensesForAll #LetsDriveNJ
We can’t exclude immigrants from the fight for racial justice | Opinion
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The same systems that have oppressed many African Americans are used to separate families and deport immigrants.The courageous legislators who have spent countless hours drafting legislation to grant #DriverLicensesForAll in NJ are our Latinas elected leaders and were are proud of their efforts on our community's behalf. Thank you Annette Quijano M. Teresa Ruiz, Nellie Pou for your courageous leadership. Read their Op Ed right here. Indeed, as Sen. Ruiz stated you were not elected to do "popular things, but purposeful things." #LetsDriveNJ
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Giving undocumented residents access to licenses is about fairness and safety, lawmakers say
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Those who apply for a driver's license must meet rigorous requirements, provide proof of their identity and residency and must have insurance.Call Senator Lagana, Democrat, D-38. Tell him Latinas in NJ care about our families’s safety on our roads and our children’s future. Ask him to vote YES on #DriverLicensesForAll in NJ. The vote is Monday, Dec 16th and he still won’t commit. #LetsDriveNJ #JusticeForAll
N.J. could be the next state to allow driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Tatiana Rodriguez emigrated from Uruguay when she was a child, but she is not covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which means she cannot legally get a driver’s license in the state of New Jersey.
The Elizabeth resident said, during a hearing in the state legislature on Monday, that the inability to drive has put a strain on her family.
“I have a six-year-old boy who asks me every day why I can’t drive him to school, why we can’t drive to his doctors appointments, why I cannot be behind the wheel to take him to his soccer games,” she said.
Read More at: whyy.org/articles/n-j-could-be-the-next-state-to-allow-drivers-licenses-for-undocumented-immigrants/
BREAKING -S3229 proposed legislation just left the senate transportation committee.
#DriversLicensesForAllNow
Join us this Sunday for A vigil in Trenton and Monday for the Assembly and Senate floor votes.
