An Assembly panel will take it up next week, and a Senate one has endorsed it. Some entities with ICE contracts were already taking steps to unravel them.
More than a year into the pandemic, immigrants rights groups are pressing the governor on funding for more than 200,000 workers, who are essential yet unauthorized.
The program, which was supposed to start January 1 but was delayed because of the pandemic, will allow those without legal status to get a legal document to be able to operate a motor vehicle.
A full year since the pandemic hit, tens of thousands of residents remain left out of COVID relief, according to advocates who rallied in North Jersey.