Court Extends Order Requiring Tennessee to Issue Driver’s Licenses to Dreamers, Other Immigrants

Tennessee officials must continue to issue driver’s licenses to immigrants who possess valid federal work permits while a legal challenge to new state policy rejecting the documents as valid continues, a court order issued Tuesday said. The decision extends a temporary restraining order that has blocked the abrupt change in state policy since last week, while a legal challenge brought by the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition and six immigrants continues in court. Employment cards issued by the federal government have long been accepted as acceptable proof of immigration status in order to obtain a temporary Tennessee driver’s license. (Immigrants without permanent status are only eligible for a temporary license.) The cards establish that an immigrant is authorized to live and work in the United States.

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