Fired license examiner files suit

By Dan Kane, Staff Writer

A former examiner for the state Division of Motor Vehicles claims in a lawsuit filed today that he was fired for raising concerns about drivers licenses being issued to people who may be here illegally, or who would be given driving privileges long after their visas expire.

Jeffrey M. Brown, 34, of Jones County worked for the DMV from July 2006 until early April, when he said the division made up reasons to fire him.

According to the lawsuit, DMV officials said that he had unnecessarily detained a customer over concerns the man may have been in the United States illegally, that Brown had become “loud and argumentativeâ€