Post by Peteetongman on May 16, 2013 23:50:06 GMT -5
May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge refused on Thursday to block Arizona's Republican governor, who has long clashed with Washington over immigration reform, from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government.
Civil rights groups had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Phoenix in November against Governor Jan Brewer and two state transportation department officials on behalf of five Mexican immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation status under a program pushed by President Barack Obama.
The suit challenged the legality of an order issued by Brewer in August that denied the young migrants licenses, arguing that the federal deferred action program did not give them lawful status or entitle them to public benefits.
www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/usa-arizona-immigration-idUSL2N0DY01D20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=industrialsSector&rpc=43
Civil rights groups had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Phoenix in November against Governor Jan Brewer and two state transportation department officials on behalf of five Mexican immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation status under a program pushed by President Barack Obama.
The suit challenged the legality of an order issued by Brewer in August that denied the young migrants licenses, arguing that the federal deferred action program did not give them lawful status or entitle them to public benefits.
www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/usa-arizona-immigration-idUSL2N0DY01D20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=industrialsSector&rpc=43
