This week, the 345th District Court in Travis County granted a declaratory judgment and enjoined the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) from enforcing rules it created that deny driver’s licenses to immigrants living and working in Texas with authorization from the federal government. The court granted the relief in a suit brought by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) together with co-counsel Graves, Doughtery, Hearon & Moody (“Graves Dougherty”) in Austin, Texas, on behalf of six individuals who hold visas authorizing them to reside and work in the United States, as well as a landscaping business that employs foreign workers under the federal H-2B program. MALDEF’s case challenged recently-adopted rules and policies of DPS that prevented thousands of persons across Texas from receiving standard-issued licenses even though they possessed valid immigration documents issued by the federal government.