Nathan Deal, the Republican governor of Georgia was hoping to jump on the bandwagon of Arizona's wicked witch of the West Jan Brewer, to deny driver’s licenses to DACA recipients (those who qualified under the Dream Act Deferred Action or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).
The Georgia Attorney General issued an opinion letter to the Governor yesterday saying that under Georgia law, a driver's license must be issued to DACA recipients.
The AG letter states that OCGA 40-5-21.1(a)(5) specifically includes deferred action status as an eligible category "notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an applicant who presents in person valid documentary evidence of ... approved deferred action status ... may be issued a temporary license, permit, or special identification card."
The AG letter concludes that "While I do not agree with the actions of the President in issuing the directive, it has been implemented by the Department of Homeland Security, USCIS, and state law recognizes the approval of deferred action status as a basis for issuing a temporary driver's license or identification card".
This is great news to all DACA applicants in Georgia!
If you think you qualify for DACA or knows someone who does, please contact our office at 770-913-0800 for help.
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Hello, I see it's a good news for Dreamers. I'd like to share whis is a piece of advice for anyone about to take their test, study your give way questions, there the most important and when you are taking the test you will get very anxious, just practice and if you fail you can always rest it the test, its not the end of the world. good luck to everyone :)
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"Or special identification cards..." so we can be ligallu discriminated against, sub categorized, and under privilaged under code OCGA 40-5-21.1(a)(5). That was a true "one step forward two steps back" situation.
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