Religious groups deep in NM driver's license fight

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By Russell Contreras
Associated Press / September 9, 2011

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Churches and religious groups opposing the governor's renewed push to repeal a law allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses say their actions are part of a larger and growing advocacy effort aimed at promoting immigration reform on moral grounds.

Tweet Be the first to Tweet this!.ShareThis .Organizations like the New Mexico Catholic Conference of Bishops and the Albuquerque Interfaith were among those in Santa Fe this week to protest Gov. Susana Martinez's efforts to rescind the state law. They argue the measure helps one of the state's most vulnerable populations.

For months, these coalitions of interfaith groups have called on their members to attend rallies in New Mexico's capital city.

Leaders have written letters and opinion pieces in newspapers. Members have organized vigils outside city halls as councilors debate resolutions in favor of the repeal. And they've all encouraged immigrants, regardless of status, to make the political debate a moral one.

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