‘No’ to Driving Privileges for Illegal Aliens
September 7, 2018
IRLI Staff
Dismissal of Oregon case a victory for IRLI, the rule of law and all Americans
WASHINGTON—The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) marked a victory after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court decision to dismiss a case that sought to force the State of Oregon to grant driving privileges to illegal aliens.
IRLI had filed a friend-of-the-court brief in 2016 on behalf of its client Oregonians for Immigration Reform (OFIR) in the case of M.S. v. Brown, in which plaintiffs looked to overturn as unconstitutional the outcome of the November 2014 general election in Oregon. Through the Oregon Constitution’s referendum veto process, Oregon voters overwhelmingly rejected—by 66%—a bill passed by the legislature and signed by the governor that would have extended eligibility for driving privileges to unlawfully present persons. OFIR was the driving force behind the referendum veto that collected the requisite number of signatures to get the issue placed on the ballot.
http://www.irli.org/single-post/2018/09/07/%E2%80%98No%E2%80%99-to-Driving-Privileges-for-Illegal-Aliens
