Friday, May 17, 2013

Congress needs to pass immigration reform. Our Dreamers need a permanent status.

Arizona is still being stubborn about the status of people protected by the Executive Order by President Obama. So, basically, Arizona sees the Dreamers as being deported at the end of the two year protective order. Enough already.

May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge (click here) refused on Thursday to block Arizona's Republican governor, who has long clashed with Washington over immigration reform, from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government.

Civil rights groups had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Phoenix in November against Governor Jan Brewer and two state transportation department officials on behalf of five Mexican immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation status under a program pushed by President Barack Obama....

Judge David Campbell is incorrect. It is not the burden of The Dreamers to prove the future is where the law lies, it is the burden of the states and the federal government to provide all the rights of Dreamers and deal with the failure of Immigration Reform later. If for some reason the Executive Order expires and the Dreamers are again in an illegal status, that means THEN AND ONLY THEN  will their licenses have to be rescinded. It is not the place for Judge Campbell to rule against the rights provided under the President's Executive Order based on 'the future' which hasn't happened yet. The Dreamers need to continue to appeal the decision, it is incorrect.

This decision assaults the power within an Executive Order and USA Justice needs to consider joining the lawsuit.