Forums on immigration are coming up with good ideas and enthusiasm from all sides. - - Donna Poisl
Better access to health care, more money for English as a Second Language programs, and work permits were repeated themes during a state-sponsored immigration forum Wednesday.
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press Writer
FITCHBURG, Mass. — Better access to health care, more money for English as a Second Language programs, and work permits were repeated themes during a state-sponsored immigration forum Wednesday.
But the loudest cheer came when Fitchburg Police Chief Robert DeMoura pleaded with a governor's task force to seek changes to state and federal law to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses. "My officers want to know when we stop someone who that person is," DeMoura told the panel of 15. "Let's start with the simple things."
The comments draw a standing ovation from the 180 or so in attendance.
"It was a surprise," Dolores Thibault-Muñoz said of DeMoura's comment."Here was a law enforcement officer getting a standing ovation from a room full of people of color. It was unique."
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