On Friday, January 6, 2017, the Board of Regents filed an appeal to the Court of Appeals (under a new law change that directs Mandamus appeals (like this one) to the Court of Appeals instead of the Supreme Court (as of January 1, 2017). This appeal does NOT stay the judge’s Final Order compelling the Board of Regents to permit …
Georgia Wrongfully Denying Driver’s Licenses to Lawful U.S. Immigrants
In the 2015, the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) began denying licenses to many non-U.S. citizens who are in the United States with employment authorization, also known as a work permit. DDS had previously granted driver’s licenses to these same immigrants for decades. The change came as DDS secretly changed their interpretation of existing law and decided that some …