Posted on 08/23/2022 12:57:44 PM PDT by cotton1706
Massachusetts voters will now be getting a chance to decide if those illegally living in Massachusetts should be given licenses.
A group of citizens has gotten 50,617 signatures verified, over the 40,000 required to put the law on the ballot in November.
The bill, the “Work and Family Mobility Act,” was initially vetoed by Governor Charlie Baker — but Democrats overrode his veto.
The Epoch Times reported:
A group of citizens opposed to a new state law that puts driver’s licenses in the hands of people living illegally in Massachusetts has collected enough signatures to potentially overturn the measure.
Jim Lyons, chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, confirmed on Aug. 22 that of the 75,000 signatures the group collected, 50,617 of them have been certified by the Massachusetts Secretary of the State—putting them well over the 40,000 signatures required to put the new Democrat-driven law to a ballot vote in November.
Some of those gathering signatures faced violent attacks.
One said he was assaulted, another said he was spat on, and protesters allegedly flipped over signature tables and ripped up pages as well.
One Republican Governor candidate condemned the attacks saying they were “acts of intimidation.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Oh - I thought it might be a license to own one.
I live in Ohio but listen to Howie Carr who is based in Boston.
He talked about these petitions many times during his broadcasts, telling his listeners where they could get them and locations where they could sign them.
I think Howie did a good thing.
Yes, I live here and listen to Howie too.
It will lose.
and then keep voting dem
Like we in California did 30 years ago.
Only to have our wishes thrown out by a single judge. The rest is history.
Hope they have better luck in MA.
I remember
One would think, but I wouldn’t hold my breath on Massachusetts voters being sane....
God bless them.
Progress! Glad to see this! All states should follow. Dare I wish?
Democrats have no reservations about engaging in the violent behavior that they always accuse republicans of doing, which republicans never do.
I left Massachusetts two years ago after living there for 48 years.
I don’t think that Massachusetts voters will do the right thing, so I’m guessing the illegals will keep their licenses.
I left Massachusetts two years ago after living there for 48 years.
I don’t think that Massachusetts voters will do the right thing, so I’m guessing the illegals will keep their licenses.
The problem is, when you allow illegals into the nation and
allow them to stay, you set up all sorts of side issues that
are not easily resolved.
In this one for instance, these people are going to drive.
When they drive they need to be insured. To be insured
they need a valid operator’s license.
Okay, you deny them a license. What you’ll have is a lot
of hit and run accidents. Illegals will drive until they
have an accident. They’ll simply abandon the vehicle and
walk away.
This is one things we have to deal with.
The other is our overcrowded schools with kids that don’t
speak English. Then our kids have to sit idle while they
teach foreign kids to speak our language. Our kids get
short-changed in their education experience.
Then there is housing. We are forced to issue them a
Section 8 housing assistance.
Food is another thing they need help with. So they get
whatever the current name of the government food program
is. They change the names of these services so often, it’s
hard to keep up with the current name. As designed...
Then there’s income. If they have lots of kids and
can’t afford to run their household, the government will
step in and get money to them some way.
I know they aren’t supposed to be getting government
perks these days, but as sure as you are sitting there
reading this, they are.
If they have health care needs, you can bet your ass
they area getting treatment.
And so it goes...
Five million new illegals have come into our nation since
Biden was sworn in.
Deport them all. Aggressively and with malice. Mine the border and set up machine guns and USE THEM.
This invasion has to end or the country will end.
I don’t fully agree, but we need to get the border back
under control.
Yes on deportation. No on lethal measures. We don’t need
to do that. Just stop what’s going on, and we’ll be
okay. End the expectation that we will cave.
We also need a freeze on any immigration at all for 50 years
or so.
We can control that border if we want to. The Democrats
don’t want to.
Left Boston 4 years ago for another state. This will not pass. Those people are too stupid to govern themselves.
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