HOLLYWOOD - Martin Sheen, Danny Glover and Diane Keaton are among a host of celebrities whoare urging Arnold Schwarzenegger to back a bill allowing illegal immigrants to
obtain driver's licenses.
More than 30 actors, writers and musicians, also including Carlos Santana,
Emilio Estevez and Melissa Gilbert, have taken out an advertisement in the
trade publication Variety urging California Governor Schwarzenegger to approve
the bill, insisting it would make roads safer and that driving is a civil
right.
The advert features a picture of an Hispanic woman with two young children
and reads, "I am trusted every day to use my hands and my heart to nurture and
care for children who are not my own... I am welcomed into the most personal
parts of people's lives, but I'm not trusted with a license to drive a car.
"Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has promised and has the power to help tens
of thousands of others like me who care for your children and bring food to
your table. All we want is for the Governor to keep his word so we can help
ourselves."
An estimated 2.4 million people living in California are illegal immigrants
and California began demanding proof of legal residency for driver's licenses
in 1994.
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