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May 18, 2021, 7:02 PM
A week-long effort seeks to raise awareness of state House and Senate bills to let undocumented Michigan residents apply for driver's licenses, as was allowed until 2008. This supporter, a program manager at the University of Michigan's Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, posts an 11-tweet personal thread adapted here as a guest commentary.
By Molly Kleinman
Michigan's Drive SAFE bills, which would grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, are a cause that safer streets advocates should rally behind. Here’s why.
Granting licenses to undocumented people will make our streets safer for everyone who uses them. First and foremost, licenses help make streets safer for undocumented people and their families. (They do a lot of other things but I'm focusing here on street safety.)