Arizona Enjoined from Enforcing its Policy Preventing DACA Recipients from Obtaining Driver's Licenses: Ninth Circuit | Practical Law
In Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court's ruling that the Arizona Department of Transportation's (ADOT) policy of refusing to accept Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to support an Arizona driver's license application, violates the Equal Protection Clause. The Ninth Circuit also reversed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction, holding that the plaintiffs (five DACA recipients and the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition) are likely to suffer irreparable harm unless the ADOT's policy is enjoined.