Posted on 03/30/2013 8:59:06 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
The Tampa Dream Defenders aim to follow in the footsteps of civil rights activists including Malcolm, Garvey and King. They aim to fight for the legalization of undocumented immigrants.
Their first goal is to pass legislation to give those illegal immigrants the opportunity to be issued a legal driver’s license.
Several states - including Washington and New Mexico - have already passed legislation allowing immigrants to obtain legal licenses. Several others are currently debating the issue. The Tampa Dream Defenders aim to get Florida involved in the issue.
The speakers from the Tampa Dream Defenders included Marisol Marquez, Maritza Jaramillo, Veronica Juarez, Jonathon Salegio, and Andrea Hurtado. On Friday night in Seminole Heights, each speaker gave a story about the hardships of their family and the hardships of many other illegal immigrants.
Those center on the fear of deportation and the loss of family and friends. Many of their parents came here to make a better life for their children and family, but live in poor conditions and frequently have to acquire illegal documentation to support themselves and loved ones.
The Tampa Dream Defenders believe that one of the ways illegal immigrants are found and deported is when they are caught driving a vehicle without a legal driver’s licenses. These individuals are frequently deported. If these individuals reenter the United States they can never legally become a U.S. citizen.
Marisol Marquez spoke about the racism that illegal immigrants face in this country. She believes that the term “Alien” is a label given to illegal immigrants and some feel that the label is an excuse for unjustified harsh treatments.
Most states continue to bar illegal immigrants from getting licenses.
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My boy O’ mally here in Maryland gives them drivers licenses.
What should be required is a million dollars in insurance before it is issued.
There is only one handout I would like the govmint to give to these illegals, a free ticket back to Mexico. BTW, let us make them pay tuition for our public schools.
No Thanks.. I know a family who was wiped out, when an ILLEGAL drove into the back of their vehicle and pushed it onto the tracks of an oncoming train...we know 4 others families who lost loved ones in the same way..
I'll grant them driver's license if they DRIVE back to Mexico...
It’s not about the “license”. It’s about voter registration. These communists want every foreign national in this hemisphere registered to vote in the U.S. before they move on to the European countries to register them.
All these people fighting for the rights of their special interest groups. Could we get at least one politician who actively fights for the rights of white, native born Americans?
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