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Dec 17, 2014

‘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

Dec 17, 2014

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.

Dec 15, 2014

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[...]

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Dec 11, 2014

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.

Dec 9, 2014

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.

Dec 1, 2014

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.

Sep 30, 2014

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.

Jul 10, 2014

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[...]

Dec 13, 2013

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.

Nov 21, 2013

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.

Nov 19, 2013

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.

Oct 30, 2013

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.

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