Vehicles pass the Queensboro Bridge in New York. New York state would become the 13th state to permit driver’s licenses for immigrants who entered the country illegally under legislation passed by the state Assembly early this year. Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP
An effort to stop New York state from enforcing its new law that will allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses starting next week was rejected by a federal judge in Albany, who said county clerks wouldn’t be harmed by the measure.
U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe of the Northern District of New York on Friday threw out a legal challenge against the measure brought by Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola.
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