Brewer’s order to end migrant driver licenses ‘contradictory’
Source: Arizona Republic {Phoenix}
Gov. Jan Brewers executive order denying drivers licenses and ID cards to
undocumented immigrants who obtain work permits through President Barack Obamas
deferred-action program is a significant change in state policy, records obtained by
The Arizona Republic show.
Over the past eight years, Arizona issued licenses and ID cards nearly 40,000 times
to non-citizens who had federal employment-authorization documents. Since Brewers
Aug. 15 order, the state has issued more than 1,000 drivers licenses or ID cards to
non-citizens with work permits while denying licenses to those with work permits
issued through Obamas program.
The data show that despite the states longstanding practice of issuing drivers licenses
to non-citizens with work permits, Brewer has singled out so-called dreamers, denying
them drivers licenses even when they have work permits.
The federal work permits are identical except for a number that identifies them as
recipients of deferred action under Obamas program. Anyone with that number cant
get a permit under Brewers order.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20121121brewer-order-end-migrant-driver-licenses-contradictory.html
Well, I'm not surprised.
why as someone with a work permit, why would you want to stay in Arizona when you are being discriminated against at every turn? Second when is the DOJ going to step in and end this crap of Repuke governors ignoring federal rules and laws?
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)graham4anything
(11,464 posts)When voters stay home, idiots like Brewer get elected.
Voters need to remember that next time.
Surely there is one super candidate to replace her when she runs again, isn't there?
maindawg
(1,151 posts)she will never be elected
this is a woman who dropped out of beuty school, for obvious reasons
Ptah
(33,030 posts)glacierbay
(2,477 posts)yes, she was elected in 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brewer#Governor_of_Arizona
Dubster
(427 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)byeya
(2,842 posts)in Arizona.
Yes, I agree, it's time for the DOJ to step in and take over some functions that are in violation of federal laws and regulations.
LoisB
(7,206 posts)Yeah, that's what they have been saying about Arpaio as well.
With the current Tea Party influence in Arizona, I doubt she will receive much of a challenge in the next Governor's run.
I abhor the woman, and I wish she were gone. I just have learned in recent years here to expect the worst. Right now, I am fearing the loss of Medicaid and no ACA state exchange to help.
LoisB
(7,206 posts)then won her own term. Doesn't their constitution say any term or part of a term counts toward a two-term limit? Of course, if that is correct, she will probably just have the constitution amended.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)TM99
(8,352 posts)Like many Tea Party politicians, the 'laws' don't always apply to them. They change them. They work around them. She has already demonstrated her ability to do both here in Arizona.
If she can, she will run in 2014. If she does, she will likely win.
Like I said, I am not holding my breath that she is soon to be out of power. Even if she can't run, she still has two more years to inflict horrible damage on the citizens (usually the poorest, the most needy, and the most non-white!) of this state.