Judge refuses to stop Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Judge refuses to stop Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants

PHOENIX | Thu May 16, 2013 9:08pm EDT
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge refused on Thursday to block Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government.

Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Phoenix in November against Brewer and two state transportation department officials on behalf of five Mexican immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation status under a program pushed by President Barack Obama.

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Judge David G. Campbell ruled that while the young immigrants appeared likely to prevail in their argument against the driver's license policy on equal-protection grounds, they had not proved they would suffer irreparable injury as the case proceeds.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-arizona-immigration-idUSBRE94G02C20130517

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Sounds like the case isn't finally decided

but only that the judge declined to issue a preliminary injunction. Stay tuned.