Driver’s Licenses For DACA Beneficiaries

According to The Huffington Post, the State of Arizona and the US Federal Government are once again tussling over domain with regard to benefits based on immigration status. This round it’s driver’s licenses and DACA beneficiaries.

The Obama Administration, in a friend-of-the-court brief,

“urged a court to reject Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s appeal of a ruling that blocks the state from denying driver’s licenses to young immigrants who have avoided deportation under a change ordered by the president.”

According to the filing, these immigrants, who have avoided deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, are the only immigrants whose documents are not accepted by the Arizona state government for the purpose of obtaining a driver’s license.