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TexasTowelie

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Wed Nov 27, 2019, 09:59 AM Nov 2019

State Troopers Remove Activists from Capitol Entranceway

State troopers today arrested five state capitol activists seeking driver’s licenses for undocumented workers. The protesters, affiliated with Cosecha*, sat in an entranceway to the statehouse blocking foot traffic and refused to budge.

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Arriving in Trenton from New Brunswick, Newark, Maplewood, Lakewood and other points statewide, the activists want the legislature to secure the legalization of licenses for undocumented workers prior to the end of the year.

Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D-20) is set to post the bill in her committee on Dec. 9th, even as the activists acknowledge expectations of a long lame duck process.

The five protesters sat in the entranceway for about 15-20 minutes prior to succumbing to peaceable removal and arrest by the state troopers.

Read more: https://www.insidernj.com/state-troopers-remove-activists-capitol-entranceway/

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