Dear Community friends:
Please consider offering oral or written testimony in favor of the Work and Family Mobility Act!
The Joint Committee on Transportation of the Massachusetts legislature will hold a hearing on work and family mobility bills on June 23.
We invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about.
Access to driver’s licenses for all is crucial so that immigrants can live their lives, take their children to school, attend medical appointments, etc., without fear of being stopped and deported. Similar bills have been passed in several other states, and polls show that an overwhelming majority of MA residents are in favor. Undocumented workers provide essential work in the Massachusetts economy in industries such as farming, health care, food services, hotel management, and elder care.
Not only is mobility freedom, but having a driver’s license also means access to a more just and equitable healthcare system. Read more here.
Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Joseph Boncore and Representative William Straus.
To testify live at the virtual hearing, please complete and submit this form no later than Wednesday, June 23 at 4:00 p.m.
Written testimony can be emailed to Kirsten.Centrella@mahouse.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov). Written testimony will be accepted until Wednesday, June 23 at 5:00 p.m.
See Driving Families Forward Facebook page for more information.
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