A judge ruled against the Trump administration's challenge to New York's Green Light Law, which allows people to obtain driver's licenses with proof of legal U.S. residency.

A federal judge gave a green light Tuesday to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from giving people driver's licenses without having them prove they are in the country legally. U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci in Albany ruled that the Republican administration — which challenged the law under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration — had failed to support its claims that the state law usurps federal law or that it unlawfully regulates or unlawfully discriminates against the federal government. The Justice Department sued the state over the law in February, naming Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, as defendants.

The Justice Department asked the judge to block its enforcement. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed challenging a New York ‌law that President Donald Trump's administration said was impeding immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge Anne Nardacci in Albany rejected the Justice Department's arguments that a New York law that restricts ⁠the ability…

A federal judge has given a green light to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from giving people driver’s licenses without having them prove they're in the country legally.