U.S. top court bars Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants

Article author: 
Lawrence Hurley-Additional reporting by David Schwartz/Phoenix
Article publisher: 
Reuters
Article date: 
17 December 2014
January 2016
Article category: 
National News
Medium
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the state of Arizona from enforcing a policy that denies driver's licenses to young immigrants granted legal status by President Barack Obama in 2012.

The court denied the request by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to place a hold on a ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the policy had no legal basis. The state must now let roughly 20,000 eligible immigrants apply for driver's licenses.

"This is the best day ever," said Phoenix-based activist Dulce Matuz. "This will mean a lot to so many people" ...

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Protesters demonstrate against the arrival of undocumented immigrants in Oracle, Arizona July 15, 2014.
 

Protesters demonstrate against the arrival of undocumented immigrants in Oracle, Arizona July 15, 2014.   REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec

 
CREDIT: REUTERS/NANCY WIECHEC