Young undocumented immigrants in the Valley are keeping an eye on a legal fight over Arizona driver's licenses.

Charlie Ruiz has a deportation deferral under an Obama administration program. Undocumented immigrants like him won a court battle last month that would allow them to get licenses. But the fight isn't over yet, and Ruiz said it's frustrating.

"I keep calling the DMV every day, just asking, 'Hey, what's going on with the Category C-33? Can we get the licenses yet?' They're just like, 'You guys have to hold on. Hold on, hold on,'" he said.

Ruiz came to the United States from Mexico when he was 4 years old. People in his situation often call themselves “dreamers,” after the proposed DREAM Act. The failed legislation would have given undocumented youth a path to citizenship by completing college or joining the military.

Ruiz said not being able to get a license because of his immigration status has been hard.

"Oh my God, it's so frustrating to see the bus full and just keep passing," he said. "It sucks, and [so does] having to call into work and getting yelled at by the manager."

Ruiz said he has started driving -- even without a license. He said he knows he shouldn't be doing it, but has to in order to keep his job and get to school. He said he doesn't want to feel guilty about doing something that most people do all the time.

"I don't want to feel like I'm on the road doing something bad. You know what I mean? I just feel like, 'Oh God, there's a cop behind me. I'm so doomed,'" he said.

Ruiz is staying in the country thanks to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, otherwise known as DACA. It allows people brought to the United States as children to remain for two years and get a work permit.

Gov. Jan Brewer issued an executive order in 2012 that prevents people in the program from getting licenses. In early July, a federal appeals court overturned the ban, and sent it back in a lower court.

Prince Murray, a 21-year-old political science major at Glendale Community College, has a permanent resident card and can get a driver's license. He said Brewer shouldn't worry about undocumented immigrant teenagers getting licenses.

"I don't make that decision for the governor. But if I was talking to the governor today, my best recommendation -- I'm just going to tell her, 'You know what? Just don't waste your time.  Just let it go,'" he said.

Murray emigrated from West Africa in 2006 to escape political uprisings in the area.

"In Liberia, there's been 14 years of civil war, so my mom came over here with the United Nations," he said.

Murray hasn't decided if he wants to apply for U.S. citizenship, because one of his dreams is to run for president of Liberia.

Arizona is No. 1 in the nation for DACA applications. The Migration Policy Institute says more than 23,000 people have applied for it.

When the appeals court overturned the governor's executive order preventing people in the DACA program from getting licenses, Brewer said in a statement that she was analyzing appeal options.

Calls and emails to Brewer's office for comment were not returned.