"...The impact of Georgia laws aimed in part at keeping undocumented immigrants off the road goes far beyond people like Portillo. The laws and their heavy financial penalties have disproportionately led to the arrests of black and Latino residents — including U.S. citizens — according to a report released Wednesday by the civil rights groups Advancement Project and the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights.

“A family could reach up to $9,000 or so in monetary penalties just because of the driver’s license issue,” said Flavia Jimenez, the main author of the report and a senior attorney at Advancement Project. “Some of the families have to sell the little property that they have to meet bail.”"

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