Immigration reform may be a little slow on the national level, but in Oregon, there are currently measures in place to help illegal immigrants obtain some sort of driving privileges.
According to the Oregonian, There’s a push for voters in the state to approve a bill, which Gov. John Kitzhaber signed back in 2013, that will grant four-year restricted licenses, called “driver’s cards,” to people living in the state who don’t have documents proving that they are in the country legally. These cards would allow immigrants and others to apply for driving privileges if they have lived in Oregon for at least a year and meet a few other requirements. People would not be able to use these cards to vote, board a plane, get government benefits, or buy firearms.
This bill was originally supposed to go into effect in January of 2014, but enough signatures were collected to put the bill on the 2014 November ballot for voters to decide upon. Groups on both sides are in the process of raising funds to educate voters on the issue at hand. Groups want to educate voters on the implications of the bill being passed or denied. This is all a testament to the movement that is happening in the US to make strides in immigration reform.
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Immigration reform may be a little slow on the national level, but in Oregon, there are currently measures in place to help illegal immigrants obtain some sort of driving privileges.
According to the Oregonian, There’s a push for voters in the state to approve a bill, which Gov. John Kitzhaber signed back in 2013, that will grant four-year restricted licenses, called “driver’s cards,” to people living in the state who don’t have documents proving that they are in the country legally. These cards would allow immigrants and others to apply for driving privileges if they have lived in Oregon for at least a year and meet a few other requirements. People would not be able to use these cards to vote, board a plane, get government benefits, or buy firearms.
This bill was originally supposed to go into effect in January of 2014, but enough signatures were collected to put the bill on the 2014 November ballot for voters to decide upon. Groups on both sides are in the process of raising funds to educate voters on the issue at hand. Groups want to educate voters on the implications of the bill being passed or denied. This is all a testament to the movement that is happening in the US to make strides in immigration reform.
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CATEGORIES: IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION REFORM
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