Seven weeks after a new policy went into effect allowing eligible undocumented youth to extend their stay in the United States, attorneys advising the program’s applicants say they have encountered a few gray areas in the rules and uncertainty over the consequences of a possible change in national political leadership.
The program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, grants “deferred action” to eligible immigrants, allowing them to remain in the U.S. for up to two years and apply for work permits without fear of deportation.
A training session for pro bono attorneys seeking to help undocumented youth extend their stay in the United States was sponsored by the City Bar Justice Center at the bar’s Manhattan headquarters, above. Legal Aid Society volunteers recently gathered at the society’s offices in Brooklyn to help clients apply for the deferred action program, below.
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