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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT PERSONS: Taina Vega (714) 679-4208 tainavegahm@gmail Sergio Trujillo (714) 350-4023 [email protected] HERMANDAD MEXICANA APPLAUDS AB60 DRIVER’S LICENSE LEGISLATION Los Angeles - “For twenty years we have been fighting for legislation that would once again permit all individuals, irrespective of their immigration status, to obtain a California driver’s license, and AB60 does just that,” declared Taina Vega, Director of Hermandad Mexicana. “We recognize the legislation is not perfect, nor is it what the California DMV issued prior to 1993, but the imperfections do not reach the threshold to oppose driver’s licenses for immigrants. For this reason, Hermandad Mexicana applauds Assemblyman Luis Alejo and his colleagues for bringing us closer to our dream of driver’s licenses for all, which is the slogan we popularized over the years,” concluded Vega. Sergio Trujillo, Director of Hermandad Mexicana also observed that, “There are multiple versions of the California license, and this will be one more. The distinguishing feature is next to imperceptible to the naked eye and we are confident that law enforcement will not discriminate against the holders of such a document. Any language on the document that affirms its use for driving purposes only is already an acknowledged fact on existing licenses, and not for establishing eligibility for employment, voter registration, or public benefits.” Both representatives indicated that such language does not present an impediment for their organization to support AB60, and they called on Governor Jerry Brown to sign the legislation as soon as it hits his desk. Hermandad Mexicana acknowledges the historic role played by now Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo from his rise to the legislature in 1997 until his departure in 2012 during which, both as an assemblyman and senator, he proposed driver’s license legislation that was vetoed by five governors. This paved the way for Assemblyman Alejo to adopt the same legislative number, AB60, for his current legislation and take the baton from Cedillo and finish the job.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:03:49 +0000

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