The Supreme Court on Monday barred Arizona from denying driver’s licenses to young undocumented immigrants often called “Dreamers.”
Reuters reported that justices refused to hear the state’s Republican-driven challenge to President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects young people brought into the country illegally as children from deportation.
Their decision lets stand a lower court ruling that blocked the state from denying driver’s licenses to DACA recipients.
Gov. Jan Brewer (R) had directed state officials to stop issuing driver’s licenses to Dreamers after Obama implemented the program, Reuters reported.