Undocumented Mexican mothers are suing Texas officials on behalf of their U.S.-born children after being prevented from getting them birth certificates. Various Texas institutions have tried to bar undocumented children from accessing essential services in the past but if substantiated these actions would represent a new low, experts say. The […]
Democratic Rep. John Delaney and Republican Sen. Ron Johnson agree that highly-skilled immigrants are valuable to the U.S. economy—they just disagree on what to do about it. As Delaney put it: Democrats prioritize finding a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants while Republicans want to first focus on securing the […]
DENVER — For weeks, Fernando Gonzalez stayed up until 3 a.m., reloading a state government web page to snag a scarce appointment for his wife, Mara, to get her driver’s license. They came here illegally from Mexico nine years ago, and they are among the hundreds of thousands queuing up […]
Nebraska is the last state to allow undocumented youth to get driver’s licenses
1 Jun
by Foster, on News
More than 2,700 young undocumented immigrants in Nebraska now have the right to apply for driver’s licenses. The Nebraska legislature overrode a veto by Gov. Pete Ricketts on Thursday to pass a bill ending the state’s ban on licenses for DREAMers. Nebraska is the last state in the country to […]