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    Brewer sued over license policy for illegal aliens

    Brewer sued over license policy for immigrants

    By JACQUES BILLEAUD The Associated Press
    Published: Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 - 9:09 am
    Last Modified: Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 - 9:14 am

    PHOENIX -- Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to overturn Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's order denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under a new Obama administration policy.

    The lawsuit alleges the state has in effect classified young-adult immigrants as not having permission to be in the country and asks a federal judge to declare Brewer's policy unconstitutional because it's trumped by federal law and denies licenses without valid justification.

    "Arizona's creation of its own immigration classification impermissibly intrudes on the federal government's exclusive authority to regulate immigration," the lawsuit said.

    The Obama administration in June took administrative steps to shield as many as 800,000 immigrants from deportation. Applicants must have been brought to the United States before they turned 16, be younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have graduated from a high school or GED program or have served in the military. They also were allowed to apply for a two-year renewable work permit.

    Brewer has defended her Aug. 15 order on driver's licenses as necessary for ensuring that state agencies adhere to the intent of state laws denying public benefits to illegal immigrants.

    The governor has clashed with the Obama administration in the past over illegal immigrantion, most notably in the challenge that the federal government filed in a bid to invalidate Arizona's 2010 immigration law. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law's most contentious section, but threw out other sections.

    Lawyers for two civil rights groups that led a challenge to the 2010 state law also filed the lawsuit over Brewer's driver's license policy.

    The latest case was filed on behalf of the five young-adult immigrants in Arizona who were brought to the United States from Mexico as children and were granted deferred deportation protections under the Obama administration's policy but were denied licenses or complained that Brewer's order has caused significant hardships.

    Brewer's policy makes it difficult or impossible for such young immigrants to do essential things in their everyday life, such as going to school, going to the grocery store, and finding and holding down a job, the lawsuit said.

    The lawsuit said Brewer's order means federal work permits for the program's participants won't be accepted as proof of their legal presence in the country for the purpose of getting a driver's license. Still, the lawsuit said, the state will accept such a work permit from immigrants who have won deferred deportation status as part of other federal immigration programs.

    The five young immigrants aren't seeking money damages and instead are asking a judge to bar Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants who were granted deferred deportation status by the federal government. It seeks class-action status that would let all other young immigrants in Arizona who were granted the deferred-deportation protection join the lawsuit.

    About 11,000 people living in Arizona have applied for the deferred deportation protection under the Obama administration's policy.

    The lawsuit was also filed on behalf of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition, a group that advocates for federal legislation that would provide a path to legal status for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants.
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    "Arizona's creation of its own immigration classification impermissibly intrudes on the federal government's exclusive authority to regulate immigration," the lawsuit said.
    That's the problem, the federal government doesn't enforce their own immigration laws, that is why we're all in the mess we're in. In fact, this administration has ignored the laws more than any other administration so the open borders crowd are more empowered than ever. And another thought, don't the states regulate driver's license issuances?
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    Added to Homepage with slightly amended title:
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    Jan Brewer On Lawsuit Over Driver's License Policy For Undocumented Immigrants: 'I'm

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    The Huffington Post | By Nick Wing Posted: 11/30/2012 12:56 pm EST Updated: 11/30/2012 1:36 pm EST

    Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) responded on Friday to a lawsuit challenging her decision to deny driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants who have received deferred deportation action, saying that even though she was just upholding the state's existing law, the legal action was not entirely unexpected.

    “The state is the one that licenses the people to be able to drive around the streets -- it’s not the federal government -- and we don’t license kids under 16, we don’t license DUI drivers, and our laws are very clear and I took an oath to uphold that," Brewer said on Fox News, pointing out that Arizona law currently prohibits undocumented immigrants from driving. "So I’m not surprised that I’m being sued, but that’s the law, and I am going to obey my oath of office.”

    Brewer's tough immigration stance has made her a popular target of lawsuits from civil rights groups and the federal government. On Thursday, immigrant rights advocates sued Brewer, claiming that her order to refuse licenses to immigrants who have received federal work permits and been granted temporary legal status treats them as if they are still not authorized to be in the country.

    The Associated Press provides some background:

    The Obama administration in June took administrative steps to shield as many as 800,000 immigrants from deportation. Applicants must have been brought to the United States before they turned 16, be younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have graduated from a high school or GED program or have served in the military. They also were allowed to apply for a two-year renewable work permit.

    Brewer has defended her Aug. 15 order on driver's licenses as necessary for ensuring that state agencies adhere to the intent of state laws denying public benefits to undocumented immigrants.


    Matthew Benson, Brewer's spokesman, also defended the governor's decision to the Arizona Republic on Friday, noting that California had recently passed legislation explicitly allowing deferred action recipients to get driver's licenses. He used the measure to suggest the deferred action measure didn't automatically require states to change their rules on providing public services to undocumented immigrants, even for those who have been granted temporary legal status.

    Jan Brewer On Lawsuit Over Driver's License Policy For Undocumented Immigrants: 'I'm Not Surprised'
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