Update on Our Advocacy for the Drive Safe Bills
Bills are pending in 2024 Lame Duck session in Lansing
A heartbreaking fact in Michigan: Over 100,000 men and women in our state work on our farms, restaurants, hotels, and in our manufacturing industry – but since 2008 we do not allow them to have driver's licenses or state ID cards because of their immigration status.
People can’t legally drive to work, their children to school, or go to the grocery store. They don’t have an acceptable ID at banks and pharmacies. Enrolling their children in school becomes a problem.
Think of the emotional trauma that comes from being treated as “less” or as a “societal problem” instead of as a person who contributes to our community and economy.
We have a chance to correct this problem with the Drive Safe bills.
There is a good chance that they will come out of committee yet this year.
Understanding Immigration in 2024:
How it Informs our Faith Webinars
Once a Month on Tuesdays from June to September at 7:00pm.
Immigration will be a hot topic in the coming election season and we need to understand the issues and be prepared with facts to talk to our family, friends, and neighbors this summer. To help us get prepared, our SNL education team has developed four sessions that will cover different issues about immigration. You're going to want to attend every session and since they will all be webinars, you will be able to participate no matter where you are this summer!
1) Common Sense Reforms to U.S. Immigration Policy - Tuesday, June 18 - Over 100 attended (Click here for the recording.) (Click here for the transcript.)
2) What is Really Happening at the Border? - Tuesday, July 16 - over 100 attended (Click here for the recording.) (Click here for the transcript.)
3) Research Shows: Immigrants Make Societies More Successful with author Zeke Hernandez - Tuesday, August 20: (Click here for the recording.)
(Click here for the transcript.)
4) Catholic Social Teaching and Voting - Tuesday, September 17: Register Here
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