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are 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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