President Barack Obama: Illegal Immigrants

Jan Brewer Dept: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer issued an order in August denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who are protected from deportation and have received work permits under the new policy. U.S. District Judge David Campbell heard arguments Friday in a lawsuit seeking to block Brewer's action, according to Montreal Gazette. "States are prohibited from creating their own immigration classifications, and that is exactly what Arizona is doing here," said Jennifer Chang Newell, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, in the hearing and PHOENIX - The first major legal battle over President Barack Obama's policy allowing young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States focuses on whether the federal government or state officials have the authority to decide who is legally in the country. Immigrant groups argue that Arizona's interpretation of the policy is unconstitutional because the state allows some immigrants with work permits to get driver's licenses, but it won't let immigrants protected by Obama's policy pursue any benefits because the state doesn't consider them legal residents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.