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NV Among States Challenging Obama's Immigration Programs

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Thursday, April 16, 2015   

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The ACLU of Nevada is among about 150 organizations asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an injunction which temporarily halted President Obama's immigration programs.

The court is expected to hear arguments tomorrow in the multi-state legal challenge over the programs that could allow several million undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. temporarily. Amy Rose is legal director with the ACLU of Nevada.

"We support the president's immigration actions in that we don't believe that the injunction that was granted should be upheld," Rose says.

Nevada is among more than two dozen states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or "DACA" program, and a counterpart program for adults. DACA allows some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to get a driver's license and become eligible for employment if they meet certain requirements.

Texas, the lead state in the challenge, claims it would suffer financially because it would have to issue driver's licenses to people who qualify for the immigration programs. Rose says the programs would help law-abiding immigrants stop living and working in the shadows.

"You can work, you can not be afraid of deportation, and allow people to pay taxes and to contribute to an economy, and to create businesses and to create jobs," she says.

Arizona and Utah also are among the 26 states involved in the legal challenge.


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