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Deferred Action
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Top 5 Economic Benefits from the President’s Immigration Announcement
In response to President Obama’s recent announcement that his administration would stop deporting undocumented youth and make them eligible for work authorization, the Center for American Progress released “Top 5…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Deferred Action in Immigration Law: The Next Generation by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
“It is the right thing to do.” These seven words emanated from my office computer as I watched President Obama broadcast the most significant immigration policy since his career at…
Labor & Employment Law Navigator
President Obama Announces New Immigration Policy
From an employer's perspective there are many unanswered questions.
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Underside of the DREAMers Victory
The smoke is beginning to clear from the surprising policy announcement last Friday by the Obama administration's that promises to benefit undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. …
The Faculty Lounge
WHite House Briefing on DHS’s Immigration Priorities..
Here is my Huff Post essay, which I suspect might pester more than a few, concerning the President's policy shift on immigration: DREAMs, Dreams Deferred, and Potential Nightmares: As the…
Business Immigration Insights
Obama Gives DREAMers Relief from Deportation
By Suzan Kern
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that undocumented youth who were brought here as children and who meet certain criteria are now eligible for "deferred action," a form of long-term…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DREAMers Political Activism Pays Off: Obama Administration Will Offer Deferred Action to DREAMers
Bill Hing blogged this morning about the Obama administration's vindication of the DREAMers. It is appropriate that these historic words from Janet Napolitano,Secretary of Homeland Security, on "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DREAMers Press Obama to Act on their Behalf
Julia Preston writes in the NY Times:Young [undocumented] immigrants, saying President Obama has done little to diminish the threat of deportations they face despite repeated promises, have started a campaign…
ImmigrationProf Blog
50 Petition for Prosecutorial Discretion in Tucson
From No More Deaths:50 Tucsonans petition Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop their deportations; hundreds rally in support of family unity TUCSON, AZ- On Monday, December 12, 50 undocumented individuals,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ola Kaso: Dreamer Gets Deferred Action
From DreamActivist.org Friends,Yup, that's right! Ola was originally told to appear at ICE on June 8th, there she was going to be told the exact date and time she, along with…