U.S. Ninth Circuit Decrees that DACA Recipients are Entitled to Arizona Driver’s Licenses
*The story is that public safety and a bootstrapping attitude trump fear based laws every time. nd I mean bootstrapping to call attention to the resourcefulness of DACA workers and students how need access to their own transportation in order to contribute to the country they call their own. VL
By Griselda Nevarez, Phoenix New Times (3 minute read)
Arizona must continue allowing undocumented immigrants with work permits and protection from deportation to apply for driver’s licenses, a three-judge U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
The judges affirmed a permanent injunction blocking former Governor Jan Brewer’s executive order that denied driver’s licenses to undocumented young immigrants who receive work permits and deportation reprieves under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.
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U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell issued the permanent injunction in January 2015, a month after he granted a preliminary injunction and ordered Arizona to begin allowing DACA recipients to apply for driver’s licenses.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich wanted the permanent injunction overturned. He appealed . . . READ MORE
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