Florida, United States.
Two congressmen of Florida looking for one bill delete the requirement of migratory legal status for the award of licenses dand handling in the state, which would facilitate some 680,000 undocumented at the age of conducting access to this vital document.
The initiative, presented by the representative Carlos Guillermo Smith and the senator Tina Polsky, includes the driver’s licenses and ID cards issued by the Florida Department of Highway and Motor Vehicle Safety (DHSMV).
The project “removes the provision that authorizes the DHSMV to require applicants to presentn documents (migratory) dthe Department of Homeland Security United States “.
In the same way it authorizes additional documents issued by Foreign governments to “satisfy the identity proof requirements“And prohibits the DHSMV from disclosing information from applicants to the authorities of immigration.
The Florida Policy Institute (FPI) estimates that there is 680,000 immigrants of driving age andn Florida are undocumented and also have the ability to pay for car insurance and be safe drivers.
According to this organization, for more than a decade, numerous entities and individuals in Florida, including business owners, police forces, non-profit organizations and religious leaders, have been pushing for a “inclusive” driver’s license policy.
en United States 16 states and the city of Washington have enacted driving license laws for undocumented.
According to FPI, Florida faces an income deficit of $ 5.6 billion as a result of the covid19, so state-generating policies “are more crucial now than ever.”
A study by the organization details that to approve the granting of driving licenses for undocumented, some 85,000 vehicles they would be acquired by these immigrants, generating purchase and registration taxes.
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This would mean revenue for more than $ 68 million in the first three years of implementation, according to FPI.
points out that Florida is one of thes five states which, together, house more than half of the American immigrants they are undocumented.
He adds that any driving license legislation must include “strict measures of confidentiality to prevent officials from automatically sharing identifying information with federal immigration authorities “. EFE