Undocumented immigrants in N.J. push for action after state misses deadline for driver’s licenses
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
Dozens of people rally on Wednesday in front of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Agency to ask it to begin implementing the law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain drivers licenses.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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In response to the state’s failure make to make a Jan. 1 deadline to provide a process for undocumented residents to obtain driver’s licenses, a group of protestors rallied in Trenton Wednesday asking Gov. Phil Murphy immediately find a way to implement the law.
BOSTON â A coalition of public defenders from across the country is calling on the incoming Biden administration to adopt a 10-point immigration policy plan to reverse what they say are unjust, harmful, and destructive tactics used by the Trump administration.
The plan, announced at a virtual press conference Wednesday, includes redirecting funding away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to legalization efforts, ending immigration detention practices, and establishing a federally funded universal representation program. Over 30 public defender organizations from 14 states signed onto the plan, including the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, an organization that provides legal representation for those unable to afford an attorney.
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President Donald Trump points to a member of the audience before speaking near a section of the US–Mexico border wall on Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas.
MCALLEN, Texas Besieged by political crises after inciting a deadly insurrection on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump on Tuesday returned to one of the bread-and-butter issues that helped catapult him into office: the border wall.
Touring the construction near San Juan in South Texas, Trump appeared true to his former campaign self, waving at supporters and hyping the project’s progress as a political victory at a time when his legacy has taken a huge hit.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
New Jersey state was scheduled to begin issuing driver’s licenses for immigrants without legal documents by the beginning of January this year, but Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) officials announced that there will be a delay due to the COVID pandemic.
MVC Remote Operations Due to COVID
MVC agencies are closed due to the pandemic, stated agency officials who did not mention when the driver’s license would become available. The MVC has implemented many changes in the past few months, including shifting their transactions online. The demand for these services continues to be high. MVC staff was also reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.