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My life in New Jersey as a father without access to a driver’s license
NJ.com Star Ledger ^ | June 16, 2019 | Star-Ledger Guest Columnist John Jairo

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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To: SMGFan

Oh, come on, even crimillegals know better than to drive at night with their lights off. This is just another very poor excuse for msm lies.


61 posted on 06/16/2019 4:21:39 PM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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To: SMGFan

I’m just wondering if this dude really is on the run is it because he was involved in the drug trade? In his entire country he can’t return anywhere there without being killed - because he was successful?


62 posted on 06/16/2019 4:21:47 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: cradle of freedom

tsk, tsk , tsk, do you think he wrote that ? /s


63 posted on 06/16/2019 4:21:50 PM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: SMGFan

We migrated to the United States

B*LLSH&T, You Sneaked in under the cover of darkness, My Wife Migrated here and has a Green Card!!


64 posted on 06/16/2019 4:23:03 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: SMGFan

Every one of them is here illegally they are taking advantage of everything, schools, hospitals, he says his life is saved by being here, he drives illegally without lights at night -

And the bastard is complaining that he can’t drive his kids to a Jersey beach vacation. There are buses for God’s sake. And we can’t throw this sob out?


65 posted on 06/16/2019 4:27:17 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: Rio

THE ARTICLE SCREAMS DRUGS.


66 posted on 06/16/2019 4:28:06 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: SMGFan

Because my wife nor I. so the wife does but you don’t or what?


67 posted on 06/16/2019 4:32:04 PM PDT by webheart (Grammar police on the scene.)
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To: SMGFan
Bull 💩... 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩💩 💩 7 poops of of 5 on a scale of bsness...
68 posted on 06/16/2019 4:33:42 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Deplorable American1776

About 10% of American families don’t own a car. He can’t use public transportation or buses but he’s here illegally? This crap is crazy.


69 posted on 06/16/2019 4:36:08 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: SMGFan
GET OUT... GO HOME!!!

70 posted on 06/16/2019 4:40:01 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: cradle of freedom

How did he buy car without a license

***********

You don’t have to have a drivers license to purchase
a vehicle but to drive it you do.


71 posted on 06/16/2019 4:42:26 PM PDT by deport
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To: SMGFan

He broke the law by showing up.

He needs to be tried and, if found guilty, sentenced and DEPORTED.

His kids, too.


72 posted on 06/16/2019 4:42:45 PM PDT by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: deport

This is what Uber and taxis are for, really.


73 posted on 06/16/2019 5:20:20 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: SMGFan
We migrated to the United States from Columbia three years ago.

You didn't migrate you Jumped the Border.

74 posted on 06/16/2019 5:27:56 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: SMGFan
"We migrated to the United States from Columbia three years ago."

Columbia? Is that a country? There is a country called Colombia in South America.


75 posted on 06/16/2019 5:42:50 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: SMGFan
As New Jerseyans are celebrating and honoring fathers, I hope our state can help make access to a driver's licenses a reality for more parents like myself by allowing every qualified resident who can get tested and trained to access a standard driver's license. It is a necessity for thousands of families like mine.

Here's a thought Mr. Illegal. Stop complaining about life here in NJ. You are a criminal and should be arrested, deported and never again allowed in the USA.

76 posted on 06/16/2019 5:44:04 PM PDT by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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To: deport

Weird that they’ve been receiving death threats and then he goes and posts their faces like this.


77 posted on 06/16/2019 5:45:09 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Go Gordon

“qualified resident” — what makes him qualified?


78 posted on 06/16/2019 5:45:57 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: SMGFan

He came here illegally, he didnt migrate here.


79 posted on 06/16/2019 5:50:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Did you fire her? I would have. I just lost my legal Guatemalan housekeeper and hired a legal Mexican housekeeper. If one of them ever said something like that to me I’d fire them.


80 posted on 06/16/2019 6:05:45 PM PDT by sheana
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