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Por los \u00faltimos ocho a\u00f1os, el estado ha expedido licencias y tarjetas de identificaci\u00f3n casi 40 mil veces a no ciudadanos con permisos de trabajo, de acuerdo a nuevos reportes. En agosto de 2012, la gobernadora expidi\u00f3 una orden negando espec\u00edficamente licencias a inmigrantes j\u00f3venes conocidos como DREAMers, a quienes se les conceden permisos para vivir y trabajar aqu\u00ed bajo un programa federal de acci\u00f3n diferida, el Programa de Acci\u00f3n Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s). Ahora ella est\u00e1 extendiendo la pol\u00edtica para incluir a otros inmigrantes concedidos de estatus de acci\u00f3n diferida.\n\n\u201cLa gobernadora Brewer puede tratar de empaquetar la pol\u00edtica y presentarla de manera diferente, pero es la misma pol\u00edtica\u201d, dijo Jenny Chang Newell, abogada del personal del Proyecto de Derechos de los Inmigrantes de la ACLU. \u201cLa pol\u00edtica de Arizona de negarle licencias a los DREAMers es a\u00fan inconstitucional, a\u00fan si el estado ha decidido aplicarla a\u00fan a m\u00e1s inmigrantes que tienen permiso federal de vivir y trabajar aqu\u00ed. En vez de excluir a m\u00e1s inmigrantes trabajadores, Arizona deb\u00eda de unirse al resto del pa\u00eds en encontrar soluciones de largo plazo que les ayudar\u00e1n a lograr el sue\u00f1o Americano\u201d.\n\nEl cambio de pol\u00edtica viene de la mano de una decisi\u00f3n de una corte federal de distrito en mayo en una demanda presentada por la Uni\u00f3n Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s), el Centro Nacional de Leyes Migratorias), el Fondo Mexicano Americano para la Defensa Legal y Educaci\u00f3n (MALDEF por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s), y la ACLU de Arizona. La decisi\u00f3n encontr\u00f3 que la orden de la gobernadora Brewer en agosto de 2012 que niega las licencias fue discriminatoria. Entre aquellos a quienes ahora les ser\u00e1n negadas las licencias est\u00e1n inmigrantes que han sido permitidos por el gobierno federal de permanecer en el pa\u00eds por razones humanitarias, incluyendo a ciertos sobrevivientes de violencia dom\u00e9stica y a v\u00edctimas de tr\u00e1fico humano y explotaci\u00f3n sexual.\n\n\u201cEn su celo, la gobernadora Brewer ha hecho un cambio de pol\u00edtica que no solamente es anti-inmigrante, sino tambi\u00e9n es anti-mujer\u201d, dijo Karen Tumlin, abogada de gesti\u00f3n del Centro Nacional de Leyes Migratorias. \u201cAhora, los sobrevivientes de violencia dom\u00e9stica que est\u00e1n en el proceso de ajustar su estatus no podr\u00e1n obtener las licencias que ellos necesitan. Este tipo de cambio de pol\u00edtica solamente demuestra que los pol\u00edticos de Arizona est\u00e1n m\u00e1s interesados acerca de anotar puntos pol\u00edticos que de garantizar la seguridad de sus residentes\u201d.\n\nAunque en su decisi\u00f3n de mayo la corte declin\u00f3 ordenar un interdicto judicial para la pol\u00edtica que afecta a los DREAMers, esta concluy\u00f3 que la pol\u00edtica diferenci\u00f3 injustamente a estos inmigrantes j\u00f3venes, mientras que le permit\u00eda a otros inmigrantes obtener licencias de conducir, incluyendo a todos los otros inmigrantes que han sido concedidos de acci\u00f3n diferida y permiso de trabajo. En lugar de terminar la pr\u00e1ctica de excluir a los inmigrantes j\u00f3venes, Brewer decidi\u00f3 extender la prohibici\u00f3n a otros inmigrantes que hab\u00edan sido concedidos licencias de conducir por a\u00f1os.\n\n###"}}],"use_default_media_contact":false,"name":"<p>ACLU of Arizona, media@acluaz.org<br>Isabel Alegria, ACLU national 415-343-0785, 646-438-4146,  <a href=\"mailto:media@aclu.org\">media@aclu.org<\/a><br>Adela de la Torre, National Immigration Law Center, 213-400-7822,<a href=\"mailto:Delatorre@nilc.org\">Delatorre@nilc.org<\/a><\/p>","email":"","phone":"","address":{"address_1":"","address_2":"","city":"","state":"","zip_code":"","country":"United States"},"pgp_public_key":"","spokesperson":null,"related_content":[],"issues":[3508],"toggle-pdf":true,"documents":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arizona Governor Extends Discriminatory Driver\u2019s License Ban Against DREAMers to Other Immigrants, Including Certain Domestic Violence Survivors - 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