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• Position: STATELINE - Indiana award immigrants professional licenses without authorization - Brief article

Indiana joins 10 other states--California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Utah. West Virginia and Wyoming--that award immigrants in the country without authorization professional licenses if they meet the requirements. Most are directed at DACA recipients, students without authorization who have permission from the federal government to stay in the country and work. The legislation in Indiana addressed a change last fall in the application forms used by the state Professional Licensing Agency, which effectively prevented DACA recipients from receiving licenses. California and Nebraska allow a broad set of immigrants without authorization to receive licenses, but most states focus on specific occupations...