Challenge to immigration law is tossed on eve of enactment

A law that will allow New Yorkers to get driver’s licenses without having to prove they are in the country legally weathered a second court challenge Friday, days before its enactment.A federal district judge ruled against Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola, saying he lacked the legal capacity to bring the lawsuit.Merola, a Republican, had argued that the state law conflicts with federal immigration law.