<p>A group of illegal immigrants gathered at the Michigan state Capitol building earlier this week to demand that lawmakers push through legislation allowing them to obtain driver&#8217;s licenses.</p>
<p>The rally took place just outside the Michigan House floor on Wednesday as illegal immigrants chanted in Spanish and English, &#8220;What do we want? Driver&#8217;s Licenses! When do we want them? Now!&#8221; The rally was in support of Democrat-backed legislation, which is currently stuck in committees, that would grant driver&#8217;s licenses to illegal immigrants, The Midwesterner <a href="https://www.themidwesterner.news/2024/05/illegals-demand-drivers-licenses-at-rally-in-michigan-capitol/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Currently: Rally for access to driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants in Michigan outside the House floor<a href="https://t.co/5uRR6STRQq">https://t.co/5uRR6STRQq</a> <a href="https://t.co/FL2I0I2Os4">pic.twitter.com/FL2I0I2Os4</a></p>
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<p>The state House and Senate legislation, known as the Drive SAFE package, was co-sponsored in the <a href="https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4410" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> by Democrat Majority Floor Leader Abraham Aiyash and introduced in the <a href="https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0267.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> by Democrat Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, among others. Advocates of the legislation argue that illegal immigrants need access to driver&#8217;s licenses so they can get jobs in the state.</p>
<p>Last year, Aiyash <a href="https://www.themidwesterner.news/2023/06/illegals-group-claims-credit-for-flipping-state-house-will-get-drivers-licenses-as-payoff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Drive SAFE package “will finally allow all Michiganders to engage in our economy, have access to basic freedoms, and do so with the guarantee of safety.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If you live in Michigan and have proven you can be a responsible driver, you should be able to obtain a license, regardless of your immigration status,&#8221; Aiyash added. &#8220;The safety of our residents should not depend on whether the federal government has figured out our broken immigration system.”</p>
<p>After Democrats took control of the Michigan legislature following the 2022 midterm elections, the progressive advocacy group <a href="https://forgeorganizing.org/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Forge</a> boasted last year that the &#8220;electoral organizing&#8221; of those in the state illegally &#8220;tipped the scale of power in the 38th and 103rd districts, providing Democrats with a slim, one-seat majority in the House, flipping the seats that flipped the legislature,&#8221; The Midwesterner reported. Forge said that was “instrumental for changing the playing field and creating a pathway for the Drive SAFE bills to finally become law.&#8221;</p>
<p>From 1995 through 2008, illegal immigrants in Michigan could obtain driver&#8217;s licenses thanks to former Democratic Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley, who issued an opinion supporting illegal immigrants getting driver&#8217;s licenses, according to Michigan Advance. That opinion, however, was reversed by former Republican Attorney General Michael Cox.</p>
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<p>Illegal immigration has become a major issue in Michigan, an important battleground state in the 2024 presidential election. Earlier this year, a once-deported illegal immigrant was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/once-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with the murder of 25-year-old Grand Rapids resident Ruby Garcia. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that Brandon Ortiz-Vite was deported under the Trump administration but illegally re-entered the country &#8220;at an unknown date.&#8221;</p>

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