For many, it was a day that they thought would never come. Immigrant communities, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were all aflame today, August 15, 2012, as foreign-born young people celebrated
Benach Collopy has created a website to provide detailed information about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (‘DACA”) program opening today with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (CIS). The
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and other senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials held a stakeholder conference call on Tuesday, August 14 at 1:00 pm
Full disclosure, I’m a Dreamer. I’m also a full-time third-year law student. I work at an immigration law firm in Metropolitan Washington D.C. and I love my job. Like many
The long-awaited conference call and release of materials regarding DREAM Act deferred action finally occurred today. While there are many questions left about the process of deferred action for certain
As of today, the USCIS has revised guidelines up on its site with quite a lot of new information regarding the deferred action process, applications for which will be out
Despite lot of buzz that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would provide new information today regarding deferred action for certain undocumented youth (“Dream Act deferred action”), August 1 came
The AP has published an article stating that deferred action application fees will be $465 — which makes sense, considering that an application for work authorization costs $380 and biometrics
More than a month ago, President Obama announced a major program offering undocumented immigrant youth who would qualify for relief under the DREAM Act the chance to apply for “deferred
Click here to download PDF file: Ten Things You May Not Know About Deferred Action 1. John Lennon – This great music icon has contributed more than just the song
Today, 104 Democratic Members of Congress released a letter to President Barack Obama thanking him for his decision to instruct the Department of Homeland Security to offer “Deferred Action” deportation
Over the last three weeks, I have met with dozens of young people about their eligibility for Dream Act deferred action. I advise them that there is no process yet
Why do you call it “DREAM Act Deferred Action?” It is true that the new program is not the DREAM Act. However, it does have its origin in the DREAM
On June 15, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intention to give deferred action and employment authorization documents (EADs) for a period of two years to certain
Every June for the past 12 years, undocumented students from around the country have traveled to Washington D.C.to urge Congress to pass the DREAM Act, holding a “mock graduation ceremony”