The Register-Guard: Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking drivers licenses for illegal immigrants

IRLI In The News

May 17, 2016

By Saul Hubbard

A judge in U.S. District Court in Eugene has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to give illegal immigrants in Oregon access to short-term driver’s licenses.

The suit, filed on behalf of five unnamed illegal immigrants from Mexico, sought to restore a 2013 law, passed by the Oregon ­Legislature as Senate Bill 833, creating those new licenses. That law was overturned after it was referred to Oregon voters as Measure 88 in November 2014 and soundly defeated. … Read the full story by Saul Hubbard.

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