LOIZA, Puerto Rico Five years have passed since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of 3.2 million people where thousands of homes, roads and recreational areas have yet to be fixed or rebuilt since Maria struck on September 20, 2017.
Jetsabel Osorio Chevere looked up with a sad smile as she leaned against her battered home. Nearly five years have gone by since Hurricane Maria struck
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File photo: Busy at the Motor Vehicle Commission
New Jersey has issued roughly 100,000 new permits since the state allowed residents regardless of immigration status to apply for driver’s licenses nearly three months ago, a jump of more than 65% from same period in previous years.
The agency issued 60,000 new permits during that same period in past years, said William Connolly, a spokesman for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
“We do not track immigration status of our license holders, so we cannot verify if the difference is entirely due to newly eligible New Jerseyans,’’ Connolly said in an email.