(NE) At packed legislative hearing, immigrants urge state to allow them to get driver's licenses

[Omaha Steve]

I agree with them getting a license. South Omaha has a large Hispanic population. Yes many are undocumented. Without a license they can't get car insurance. IF you have ever been in an accident with an at fault uninsured driver, you know just what I'm talking about.

http://www.omaha.com/news/legislature/at-packed-legislative-hearing-immigrants-urge-state-to-allow-them/article_c6ef7285-b161-516a-a7a8-960510a9bfdc.html

POSTED: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 1:00 AM
By Joe Duggan / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — Her parents brought her from Mexico to Omaha when she was a little girl.

A bill before the Nebraska Legislature brought her out from the shadows.

Fatima Flores Lagunas, who had previously been wary of speaking publicly about her immigration status, told state senators at a public hearing Tuesday how she can study and work in the United States without fear of deportation, but she lives in the only state where she can’t get a driver’s license.

Legislative Bill 623 would allow licenses or identification cards to be issued to young adults like her who qualify for the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

FULL story at link.

[Omaha Steve]

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