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Today I Am Proud to Call New Haven My Hometown

By Henry Fernandez | June 5, 2007

Today I am proud to call New Haven my hometown. Why? Because Monday night the city's Board of Aldermen passed the first municipal identification card ordinance in the country which truly provides identification for all residents, including undocumented immigrants.

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This article was originally published in New Haven Independent.

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