To be an undocumented immigrant is to obsess over documents. A driver’s license, for example, is not merely a driver’s license—it proves you exist, that you’re part of a community. A license allows you to drop your kids off to school, go to church, the mall. You can drive yourself to work. I am spending the whole day in Oregon spreading the word on Measure 88, which would grant drivers cards to undocumented Oregonians. With congressional members in Capitol Hill unable to agree on a federal solution to this federal issue of immigration, it’s up to individual states to find safe, practical, and humane ways to help their undocumented residents. cc Causa Oregon Define American
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:05:00 +0000
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