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Take Action!
HELP THE ACLU STOP DISCRIMINATORY HB
3! A driver’s license
primary purpose is to allow its bearer lawfully to drive a car, it is not intended as a document to relate to one’s immigration
status.
House Bill 3 would require the State of
Alaska both to determine whether someone is legally present
in the country and to speculate on how long that individual
may stay. It’s once-a-year
requirement to renew a driver’s license for those present
for an indefinite period of time imposes an unlawful and unfair
burden on legal immigrants, and invites racial profiling by state
employees.
PLEASE TAKE TWO MINUTES RIGHT NOW TO CALL OR
EMAIL YOUR SENATOR AND LET HER KNOW YOU OPPOSE HB 3!
The State of Alaska wouldn’t put special conditions on
driver’s license renewal for drivers of a certain race,
sex, or religion, and it shouldn’t do so to legal immigrants.
House Bill 3 would impose unreasonable burdens on those immigrants
for reasons having nothing to do with the fitness of the individual
to drive a car.
Requiring employees of the Division
of Motor Vehicles to assess someone’s immigration status
would:
- Cause unnecessary
delay at the DMV;
- Inevitably lead to
mistakes regarding individuals immigration status, and
- Invite unfair and
discriminatory racial profiling.
This bill has passed the House, where many Representatives
chose to single-out lawful immigrants for unfair treatment. We
must stop this legislation in the Senate. For additional
information on why the ACLU opposes this bill, read
our written testimony.
TO CALL OR EMAIL YOUR SENATOR, go to
our Action
Center.
Let your Legislators know you oppose
the HB 35, the ill-advised and unconstitutional “Parental
Notice & Consent” Bill,
which would harm teenagers. Take
action now!
Please help make sure
that Capital Punishment is not brought to Alaska. Write
your elected officials now!
The Alaska Legislature is considering a bill that affects the
most fundamental constitutional right - the right to vote. Please
take 2 minutes to let
your Legislators know you support laws that grant
the franchise to members of our community who need to be involved
in democratic society.
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