{"id":535,"date":"2007-06-06T19:24:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T19:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2007\/06\/06\/road-way-safety-bill-vote-postponed\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:23:22","slug":"road-way-safety-bill-vote-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/road-way-safety-bill-vote-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Way Safety Bill Vote Postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immigrant driver\u2019s certificates came further than ever this year; Immigrant supporters express disappointment with Senate President Emil Jones and Republican Senate<\/p>\n

SPRINGFIELD\u2014HB 1100, the Roadway Safety and Mandatory Insurance Act, was placed on postponed consideration today and held to the November veto session. The legislation would allow immigrant drivers without Social Security numbers to apply for driver\u2019s certificates, take a roadway safety test, and purchase auto insurance. HB 1100 is sponsored by State Rep. Edward Acevedo (D-2) and State Senator Tony Mu\u00f1oz (D-1).
\n\u201cThis is a bitter disappointment, because we were so close, but this year this common sense bill has advanced further than ever<\/p>

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before,\u201d said Salvador Cervantes, a board member of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR). \u201cSenator Jones did not deliver the two votes we needed, did not deliver on his commitment to the immigrant community.\u201d
\nImmigrant advocates also blasted the Republican Senators who flip-flopped on their support for the Roadway Safety Act. \u201cAfter the work done during this session we hope that when we come back in the fall, the Republicans will recognize the needs of their immigrant voters and come to their senses by showing support for HB1100,\u201d said Lawrence Benito, Associate Director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR). \u201cRepublicans will be the minority down here for a long time if they continue to deny the demographic reality of their fast-changing districts.\u201d Republican Senators Watson, Sieben, and Radogno voted for the measure in committee, but later changed their votes.
\nHB 1100 passed the Illinois House in March. This is the first time the measure has passed either Chamber of the State legislature. Governor Blagojevich has announced he will sign the bill when it passes. \u201cWe were within a vote or two of passing this legislation out of the Senate, and it is a shame for immigrants and for all of Illinois that Senate President Jones let the end-of-session politics get in the way of passing the most important priority for the immigrant community.\u00a0 Plus, not one Republican Senator had the courage to stand up to the anti-undocumented backlash. We ran out of time,\u201d said Josh Hoyt, Executive Director of ICIRR. \u201cIllinois and the nation need to accept that there are millions of hardworking immigrants without documents who are fueling our economy and we need legislators with the courage to work towards reasonable solutions for our immigration problems.\u201d
\nWhen HB 1100 passes, the savings for the average Illinois auto insurance policy holder may reach as high as $85. An estimated 250,000 immigrant drivers in Illinois do not have Social Security numbers and therefore cannot get driver\u2019s licenses or auto insurance. These uninsured drivers are involved in an estimated 76,000 accidents each year causing $630 million in damage claims. Many of these immigrants drive on U.S. roads in order to work. An estimated 70% of these workers pay taxes through tax-identification numbers.
\nHB 1100 has the support of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Sheriff\u2019s Association, the Fraternal Order of Police, as well as former Governor Jim Edgar, Mayor Richard Daley, Catholic Cardinal Francis George, the Illinois AFL-CIO, and dozens of other elected officials, police chiefs, judges, bar associations, insurance agencies, businesses and other organizations.
\nNumerous law enforcement associations, sheriffs, and police chiefs support the Roadway Safety Act, including Cook County State\u2019s Attorney Dick Devine, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupus, Sangamon County Sheriff Neil Williamson, and the Police Chiefs of such Illinois cities as Springfield, Danville, Champaign, Joliet, Kankakee, Cicero, Mt. Prospect, Bolingbrook, and Mundelein.
\nUnder the language of HB 1100, the Roadway Safety and Mandatory Insurance Coverage Act will allow immigrants without Social Security numbers to learn the rules of the road, pass driving tests, and obtain auto insurance.\u00a0 Certificates would be visually distinct from regular state-issued driver\u2019s licenses and would be invalid as identification to buy a firearm, get on a plane, or enter a Federal building. Applicants would have to present a valid passport, a taxpayer identification number, proof of Illinois residence, and agree to be fingerprinted and photographed to obtain a driver\u2019s certificate. The program would not cost taxpayers anything as the applicants will pay a surcharge for the certificate of at least $50.
\n\u201cWe will come back in the fall to pass it in the Senate when we hope that legislators put roadway safety first. In the meantime we will work to pass sensible immigration reform at the national level,\u201d said Hoyt.<\/p>\n

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