‘Dreamers’ ruling could lead to drivers’ licenses for 150,000
Supreme Court decision could reach a broader group affected by President Obama's executive order on immigration
Brewer still awaits Supreme Court ruling on Dreamers drivers’ licenses
Arizona dreamers went to bed Tuesday night still not knowing if the U.S. Supreme Court will allow them to drive legally. But what the justices think, at least now, may not matter. If they do not act, then the legal wheels start in motion and the state will be told to start issuing licenses.
US Supreme Court mulling ‘Hail Mary’ plea on driver’s licenses
The decision on whether “dreamers” get to drive legally in Arizona is going right down to the wire. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has given challengers of the law until Tuesday morning, to tell him why the court should reject a request by Gov. Jan Brewer to delay a federal court ruling in favor of those accepted into the federal government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arri[...]
Brewer asks US Supreme Court to stop dreamers from driving
With nowhere else to go, Gov. Jan Brewer asked the U.S. Supreme Court this morning to keep licenses out of the hands of dreamers, at least until the justices get a chance to look at the issue.
Appeals court rejects plea to delay licenses for ‘Dreamers’
Without comment, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected a plea by Gov. Jan Brewer to hold off enforcing its ruling that she and the state Department of Transportation are acting illegally in refusing to issue licenses to 25,000 Arizonans accepted into the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Brewer continues efforts to deny drivers licenses to Dreamers
With barely a month left in office, Gov. Jan Brewer is making a last-ditch effort to keep driver’s licenses out of the hands of dreamers.
DOJ: Arizona policy on ‘dreamers’ violates federal law
Arizona's policy of denying thousands of Arizonans in a deferred action program access to driver's licenses is contrary to federal law, the Obama administration said today.
Responses to 9th Circuit Court ‘dreamers’ ruling
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 7 ordered that “dreamers” who the federal government allow to work in this country also be issued Arizona driver’s licenses, at least for the time being. The court rejected arguments by Gov. Jan Brewer that she was entitled to issue an executive order two years ago denying licenses to those in the federal government’s Deferred Action for Childh[...]
9th Circuit questions Brewer’s denial of driver’s licenses for ‘dreamers’
A federal appeals court may be poised to void a decision by Gov. Jan Brewer to deny driver’s licenses to “Dreamers” the Obama administration has allowed to stay and work in this country.
Regents reject tuition reduction for students “lawfully present’’ in U.S.
The Arizona Board of Regents this afternoon rejected a motion that essentially sought to reduce the tuition rates for students who are in the country illegally but who have received deferment from deportation under a federal program.
College students seek to file counter-claim against Horne in Dreamers case
Two Dreamers asked a judge today to let them in as defendants and file a counter claim in the state’s lawsuit to stop Maricopa County Community College District from granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.
Dreamers protest outside Arizona AG’s office
Some youth living in the country illegally and pushing for immigration reform burned their high school diplomas in front of the Arizona Attorney General's Office in Phoenix.