Feds say Brewer’s opposition to immigrant driver licenses is wrong
By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star
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A civil rights group is claiming a new memo from immigration officials proves that Jan Brewer is legally wrong in denying driver licenses to individuals in the president’s “deferred action” program.
The document, actually a list of frequently asked questions, said anyone who is approved for the program “is authorized by the Department of Homeland Security to be present in the United States.” The memo was issued Friday by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
That language may undermine the order issued by the governor last year in directing that the state not issue licenses those in the program, formally known as “deferred action childhood arrival.”
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