Massachusetts is being left behind! Tell our legislators that we need to pass the Safe Driving Bill! HARRISBURG - They are mothers, farmworkers, small-business owners, and taxpayers who say the law barring them from obtaining drivers licenses violates their basic right to move freely in their lives. Two dozen undocumented immigrants gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to rally for a bill to allow them to drive legally in Pennsylvania. Until 2002, state residents without Social Security cards could get drivers licenses with a federal tax ID number. But a post-9/11 crackdown changed that. Now, as many as 200,000 Pennsylvanians may be affected because of congressional inaction on immigration reform and the states fear of granting IDs to terrorists, advocates say. Esvin Moltanado, a farmworker from Chambersburg, said some drive illegally because they lack access to public transportation. Our families, they live in fear of being stopped by police, he said through an interpreter. Read more at philly/philly/news/politics/20140529_Undocumented_immigrants_seek_Pa__drivers_licenses.html#JIRRjQIKDRSyHszf.99
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 17:31:14 +0000
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