Iowa DOT: No Licenses For Illegal Immigrants

KCRG.com ^ | Dec 27, 2012 | James Q. Lynch, Reporter

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – After a review of Iowa law, the Iowa Department of Transportation will cease issuing driver’s licenses to young illegal immigrants eligible to work in this country under an Obama administration deferred prosecution policy.

The department has issued at least one driver’s license and one non-operator’s ID since President Obama announced his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Obama changed federal policy in June to let certain illegal immigrants apply for a temporary work permit if they were brought to the country as children.

However, after reviewing the memorandum issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the deferred prosecution of illegal immigrants as it relates to Iowa law, the DOT concluded it did not have authority to issue those documents, DOT Director Paul Trombino III said this morning.

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This is very self explanatory,“In this case, as we reviewed Iowa Code, we determined that deferred status doesn’t give illegal immigrants legal status,” he said. “It’s just deferring any action.What so hard to not to be able understand this ?

[longfellowsmuse]

Happy to hear this as I live in a state next door

[longfellowsmuse]

Happy to hear this as I live in a state next door

[Teacher317]

And yet Iowa went for Obama.

[cripplecreek]

The Michigan Secretary of state made a similar decision. She told them to take it up with Obama because he’s the one who put them in limbo and it wasn’t her job to clean it up.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

NE?

[NEMDF]

I think our governor, Dave Heineman, also came out opposed to any licensing options for illegals (Nebraaska)