Tony Evers’ budget proposal — among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities.
Immigration activists unveil a banner in the Capitol rotunda. Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner.
By Thursday morning, protesters organized by Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights organization, had descended on the Capitol from across the state to protest the Republicans’ actions.
Dozens of protesters, chanting for justice and holding signs pleading for driver’s licenses, packed the hallway outside the committee meeting. Multiple Democratic legislators and elected officials from Milwaukee, including Milwaukee County Supervisor