ALBANY, N.Y.—A New York state law allowing illegal immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses will take effect as planned after a federal judge rejected an upstate county clerk’s legal challenge. U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed here by Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola, a Republican. A similar lawsuit filed by Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns was dismissed last month by a federal judge in Buffalo. Niagara County Clerk Joe Jastrzemski filed a similar lawsuit in state court there that is...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 13, 2019 21:22 UTC