The law permits undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses by expanding the types of qualifying identity documents accepted by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. New York’s Green Light Law was passed by the State Legislature in June 2019 and became effective in December 2019. The Second Circuit decision in affirming the Western District New York Federal District Court’s Novemorder dismissing Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns lawsuit finding he had no legal standing to challenge the law found that “ Kearns suffered no concrete, particularized injury because he did not face a credible threat of claimed federal prosecution for processing applications for driver’s licenses.” Furthermore, he “failed to plead any injury in fact to his (County Clerk’s) office and lacked legal standing to raise any of the claims he brought in his lawsuit.”
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Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision leaving New York’s Green Light Driver’s License Law in effect. New York, NY – On Monday, November 30, 2020, the U.S.
Contact: Elianne Ramos, 21, įederal Appeals Court Throws Out Legal Challenge To New York Green Light Driver’s License LawĪffirms Plaintiff Erie County Official Had No Legal Standing