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Ramon Romero Jr.: “We have somewhere between one and a half to two and a half…”

Featuring: Ramon Romero Jr., Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 90

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Should Texas give driving permits to undocumented immigrants State Rep. Ramon Romero argues why it.

Published | Video Starts at 00:20

It essentially says undocumented people living in Texas would have to take a driver's ed course, but other driver's ed test is the way I read the legislation. Explain this for us. What's the rationale behind it? Well, I think that We have somewhere between one and a half to two and a half million undocumented people driving our streets today. without the ability to even identify themselves and certainly not ever taking a driver's course. We want to make sure that if they're driving on our streets that they've had that opportunity. (00:20–00:29)

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