Revolt against driver's licenses for illegal aliens boosts pro-Trump nominee for governor in Mass.

"In Massachusetts, nobody wants to give driver's licenses to people who are here illegally," the state's Republican nominee for governor Geoff Diehl said on the John Solomon Reports podcast. "And so it's going to be on the ballot. There is a PAC set up that's actually running ads about that issue, and that's going to run concurrent with my campaign that's talking about it as well."

In February, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed the the controversial "Work and Family Mobility Act," which would allow illegal immigrants to apply for driver's licenses. After passage in the Senate, it was vetoed by current Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker. The House and Senate then overrode the veto.

The law is scheduled go into effect in July 2023, according to The National Law Review.

"We actually got a ballot question on for November 8 that's going to allow people to repeal [the law] that is incredibly unpopular," Diehl said on the John Solomon Reports podcast. 

According to Mass Live, grassroots organizers collected over 100,000 signatures in eight weeks to get a referendum on the law placed on the ballot.

"We oppose licenses or any other benefits for illegal aliens which encourages illegals to enter and remain in the US," Americans for Legal Immigration said in a statement to Just the News.

"We support the ballot initiative in Massachusetts to shut down the legislation giving licenses to illegals and we expect to win at the ballot in November as we did in Oregon when 66% of a deep blue state's voters said no to licenses for illegals by rejecting Measure 88 in 2014."

Diehl is confident about the upcoming November election. 

"We outperformed Charlie Baker by 50,000 votes," said Diehl, a conservative who won the endorsement of former President Trump in the primary. "We drew that conservative or that pocketbook voter out to get to the polls and help Charlie cross the finish line. We feel like that's going to be a very similar dynamic in this election cycle."

Diehl also said that part of his appeal is that he talks to voters in the middle and is willing to call out both sides. 

"I've always been talking to the middle," Diehl said. "In fact, we knew  coming into this race that we were the favorites to win in the primary. So we really have been messaging beyond Republican issues."