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According to State House News Service:
“Supporters of legislation that would create a pathway for undocumented immigrants to get Massachusetts driver’s licenses plan to launch a hunger strike outside the State House on Monday morning.
The 10:30 a.m. event comes two days ahead of a deadline for joint legislative committees to report on bills. Committees can give bills favorable or unfavorable reports, send them to study, or request extensions for more time to consider them. The activists are calling on House Speaker Robert DeLeo, House Transportation Committee Chairman William Straus and other members of the Transportation Committee to endorse and advance the driver’s licenses bill (H 3012, S 2061), known as the Work and Family Mobility Act. Faith leaders will bless the hunger strikers during the event, according to a press release from Moviemento Cosecha.
Organizers say two immigrant leaders of the group were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month in incidents that “would have been prevented if undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts had access to drivers’ licenses.” Separately, Boston University professor Nathan Phillips launched a hunger strike last week to highlight what he describes as “serious public health and safety violations occurring at the site of the ill-conceived Weymouth Compressor station.” – Katie Lannan/SHNS
The following is an infor sheet provided by the activists:
You can follow the hunger strike on Twitter here.
