Deferred Action Program Revives Debate over Driver’s Licenses for Unauthorized Immigrants

In Deferred Action Program Revives Debate over Driver’s Licenses for Unauthorized Immigrants by Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron of the Migration Policy Institute discuss teh controversy surrounding the issuance of driver’s licenses to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  While Arizona is the only state that has denied driver’s licenses to beneficiaries of the Obama administration’s new deferred action program, officials in Nebraska and Michigan have announced that they will pursue similar policies.  The issue of driver’s license eligibility has ben an issue in the states for many years.

KJ