Activists in Rhode Island are planning to demonstrate against local lawmakers over their stance of not allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain state driver's licenses.

Protesters are planning to stage a march later this summer calling attention to the policy. The event will also be held to honor the work of labor leader Cesar Chavez, including his march across California's Central Valley more than half a century ago.

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In Rhode Island, a bill that would have allowed the state to issue licenses to immigrants went up in smoke when state House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello would not allow the full council to vote on the issue before the session's end sometime this month.

"My opinion is, the electorate across the state, the citizens of the state, are not in support of it," said Mattiello. "So we're going to respect what the majority of the citizens in the state want to do."

There are roughly 35,000 undocumented immigrants spread across Rhode Island, many of them residing in the areas of Providence and other nearby cities.

Meanwhile, activist planning the demonstration appear to be counting on gaining the support of a throng of nationally known politicians, including 2016 democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

During her first run for the Oval Office back in 2008, Clinton opposed the policy, but has since experienced a change of heart, stating she has "evolved" on the topic.

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By comparison, Republicans tend to support strict immigration proposals, including presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump going on record with his plan to deport as many as 11 million immigrants if he is elected.

Estimates have pegged the cost of Trump's plan running somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 to $600 billion over a two decade long period. 20 years. It's also estimated that such an act would result in an estimated $1.6 trillion drop in U.S. real gross domestic product.

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