Claire Guthrie Gastanaga, a former chief deputy attorney general of the state and an immigrant advocate, said that the September decision to stop accepting the document left many residents who are in the country legally scrambling to find additional forms of identification.
Any immigrant into this country who is here legally will have a "Resident Alien" card (a.k.a. "green card") and is required to carry it at all times. Any alien in the U.S. who is scrambling to find an alternative ID to replace a work permit is scrambling because they're not here legally.
The opinion, though, gave the discretion to Holcomb and not the governor, Gasta?aga noted.
"He can choose to [have the DMV] accept the EAD, and we urge him to do so," she said.
I seriously doubt that the opinion give a member of the Executive branch of the State government the option to act independently of the Governor. If the Governor says "Don't accept it" he's not going to accept it.