HR4437, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in December, would, if it were to become law, require proof of citizenship to get a driver's license. It could also punish those who assist illegal immigrants, including churches and parishioners.
It could? But would it? That would seem to depend on exactly what it says.
It says:
Leading me to think that Ms. Mantz is here going to quote at least a sentence of the bill, but, alas, she doesn't.
Anyone or any organization that "assists" an individual without documentation "to reside in or remain" in the United States knowingly or with "reckless disregard" as to the individual's legal status would be liable for criminal penalties and five years in prison. This could
Again with "could."
This could include church personnel who provide shelter or other basic needs assistance to an undocumented individual.
Along with the reluctance to quote, the use of the euphemism "undocumented" leaves me a bit skeptical. As I've said, undocumented makes it sound like someone left his green card on top of his dresser when he went to work. Still, her analysis is more plausible than that of Voces da la Frontera itself, which includes claiming the bill causes
Turning all undocumented persons, including children, into aggravated felons; the equivalent of a homicide
The propaganda campaign is an over-reach of the first water, and has even reached otherwise sensible Catholics.
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They are felons and undocumented doesn't include you because you don't have the documents on you, that means you have no citenship documnts.
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