A Big Step Forward: La Puente City Council Changes Its Checkpoint Rules

La Puente City Council has taken a big step in deciding that the driver’s license status will no longer be checked at checkpoints.  The new policy will last until 2015 when a state law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license will go into effect.  The Pomona City Council can move in this direction on Monday evening by putting a halt to unjust vehicle impoundments.

http://www.sgvtribune.com/government-and-politics/20140417/la-puente-changes-dui-checkpoint-rules-to-avoid-unlicensed-drivers

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About Jose Calderon

Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pitzer College, Past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley, and a community-based sociologist, educator, author, and organizer.

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