Monday, January 7, 2013

Connecticut to issue driver's licenses to young people under 'deferred action' immigration program

The state will issue driver’s licenses to young people who qualify for a new “deferred action” immigration enforcement program that President Barack Obama announced in August.
The news came at a rally Sunday attended by hundreds of people, many of them immigrants from several countries, and was announced by the co-chairman of a regional clergy group.
But the group, Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut, will continue to pursue changes in the law and try to convince the state to ultimately grant access to a driver’s license to all residents, regardless of immigration status, the Rev. James Manship told over 400 people gathered at St. Rose of Lima Church in the Fair Haven section.

Read more: http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2013/01/06/news/doc50ea0634eeb32127523393.txt?viewmode=fullstory

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