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29.11.2012. Alejandra Lopez, 19, is one of
thousands of young Hispanic "Dreamers" who grew up in the US and have
been authorised to live and work here under Barack Obama's deportation
reprieve.
But Lopez, the main carer for three US
citizens – her child and two younger brothers – has been forced to turn down
job interviews because she has been denied a driving licence by her home state
of Arizona.
She
is one of five young undocumented immigrants from the state who filed a class
action lawsuit on Wednesday challenging what they say is its unconstitutional
and discriminatory policy of depriving them of a driving licence or other state
identification.
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