Posted on 06/16/2019 2:53:54 PM PDT by SMGFan
On this Father's Day, I am writing to share my experience living, working, and raising a family without a driver's license. I have three children, two of whom go to Dover public schools, and my eldest daughter goes to the local community college. All three of them have trouble getting to school, urgent appointments, and participating in extracurricular activities because my wife nor I have access to a state-issued driver's license in New Jersey to drive them because of our immigration status.
We migrated to the United States from Columbia three years ago. We lived very well off there with our own house and car. Our children went to private schools. However, because of how well we were doing, I started to receive death threats, and we were forced to leave everything behind. I feared for my life and my wife and children’s well-being. If anything were to happen to me, they would struggle to survive. Going back is not an option for my family or me. Now we live in a small blue-collar Northern New Jersey town. It is a much different life than the one I use to live, but I am no longer facing death threats. To be able to get to work, I commute to two different towns to get to my second job. It’s a long commute but it would be impossible without driving because there is no public transportation that could take me there.
Six months ago, heading home from work one night, I was pulled over for not having my lights on. When the officer asked for my license, I could only show him my Colombian driver’s license. I didn’t know if I would be handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement that night, or even have a chance to say goodbye...
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Why drive at night without lights on or a license?
Similar theme on Mother’s Day
“We migrated to the United States from Columbia three years ago.”
You migrated here ILLEGALLY, idiot!
Get the heck out of here!
Illegal alien, driving down the street at night with no lights on. And when you killed somebody we would hear how sorry you are, and what a good person you were. GFY go home you illegal alien.
You break in here, and then complain about not having full rights and privileges. That’s exactly why we don’t want you.
That could get you carjacked in Columbia, if they can see you!
Not reading the story but his claims of death threats in Columbia, are they even mentioned beyond that small blurb in your post? If not then I suspect his claim is bogus along with the good life he enjoyed down there.
Moral of the story: If you’re here illegally and driving illegally, then you’d better comply with ALL traffic and other laws. No sympathy for this illegal and his family.
GTFO of my country. Go back to your hellhole and straighten it out so that we don’t have any more of your fine citizens come here. Ever.
Wait for a truck to slow and grab on the back.
Nope.
No DL/voting for you.
I wonder how he bought the car?
Did he drive one up from Columbia with Columbia plates?
Is this even real?
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Go to California idiot!
An immigrant from Colombia can’t even spell the name of his own country. Something muy mucho fishy here.
This is tragic. A real S.O.B. story.
OK, anyone from ICE a Freeper? There you go. There's the address, ICE. Now round 'em up, and ship 'em out.
Move to CA. There you could get a drivers license with no problem.
He must be getting more support than a Veteran.
Gotta have tons of loot to do all that in NJ. Maybe he can invade some other country and break their laws.
People doing stupid things that get them into trouble, and then want to blame the system for their problems, instead accepting responsibility for their own actions.
“...The repercussions of not being able to drive in New Jersey also precipitate into my wife’s access to healthcare. She needs to go to a local hospital every week to get treatment and check up with her doctors for a brain condition. However, for her to get to her weekly appointments, she needs to spend $60 on taxis....”
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Gee...I wonder who (if anyone) pays for her healthcare treatments. And I wonder where she gets money for taxi service.
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