Iowa Court Rejects Illegal Aliens' Suit; Backs Denying Driver's Licenses
Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Iowa Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by two illegal aliens against state officials who refused to issue them driver's licenses, unanimously upholding a lower court ruling that said illegal aliens had no legal right to obtain a license.
Filed under the pseudonyms of Juan and Maria Sanchez, a Des Moines couple in their early 30s who have three school-age children and have lived in this country for five years, the suit asserted that the state's refusal to issue the licenses violated rights guaranteed to illegal aliens under both the U.S. and Iowa constitutions.
The suit, filed in …
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Article title: Iowa Court Rejects Illegal Aliens' Suit; Backs Denying Driver's Licenses.
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Newspaper title: The Washington Times (Washington, DC).
Publication date: February 19, 2005.
Page number: A01.
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