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Court Blocks Arizona Ban on Licenses for Young Immigrants

HeadlineJul 08, 2014

In a victory for young immigrants in Arizona, a federal appeals court has ordered the state to stop denying driver’s licenses to young people who came to the United States as children and are eligible to remain here. A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Arizona had violated the Constitution by denying the licenses to immigrants who qualify for the Obama administration’s deferred action program.

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