Posted on 07/08/2014 5:10:03 AM PDT by markomalley
Reyna Montoya is one of nearly 19,000 young immigrants in Arizona who have been allowed to stay in the U.S. under the Obama administration's deferred action policy, but the benefits of the program in the state have been limited.
As Montoya applies for teaching jobs, she considers herself competitively disadvantaged because Arizona hasn't allowed her to get a driver's license as the federal policy allows.
She was among those cheering a decision by a federal appeals court that on Monday ruled the state cannot deny driver's licenses to immigrants in the program. The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals suggested the policy was intended to express hostility toward the young immigrants, in part because of the deferred action policy.
"We are celebrating now, but we are going to have to continue to organize," Montoya said, noting that it's not the only example of difficulties she and others face.
Montoya said her counterparts in Arizona often struggle to pay for college, because the state requires those receiving deferred action assistance to pay out-of-state tuition, which is more expensive.
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I don’t need a local drivers license to visit any country in the world.
I DO need a visa to visit most of them them.
Only in the USA do visitors get special rights not even given to its own people.
Obama decrees from on high and everyone must bow to his will. /disgust
When Jeb Bush says stupid stuff like this he sounds as condescending and arrogant as Obama does.
Recently Bushie Nicole Wallace said on the Morning Joe that Jeb is a strong enough GOP candidate to get the GOP to go along with 'immigration reform'.
States rights ended w Lincoln.
Yes. I’m OK with driver’s licenses being issued to illegal immigrants, as long as they are only valid in the southbound lanes.
Gov. Brewer, send YOUR state troopers to all DMV centers and close them until further notice. It’s your state. Then mobilize YOUR National Guard to the southern border.
How the heck does this administration keep getting in the way of any state soverign issues.
Liberals will finally want to secure the border when their goal of tyranny is accomplished and they need to prevent hard-working taxpayers from fleeing the country.
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