Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson on Thursday asked immigrants in Los Angeles to “step forward” and apply for President Obama’s expanded deferred action program. At a packed event at the L.A. Central Library, Johnson touted the benefits of the program, which will grant up to 5 million immigrants living in […]
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White House scrambles to prepare for millions of deportation protection applications
11 Feb
by Foster, on News
The White House is scrambling to get into high gear for what it expects will be an onslaught of applications from undocumented immigrants seeking relief from deportation, part of the executive order President Barack Obama announced late last year. Expecting millions of people who meet the criteria to apply, the […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s new executive actions on immigration face legal challenges and major threats from Republicans in Congress, but activists say they’re confident those are battles they can win. A bigger challenge, though, will be making sure undocumented immigrants who are eligible to stay in the U.S legally […]
Two key elements of the President’s executive action are the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the announcement of a new Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program that extends deferred action and employment authorization benefits to qualifying parents of qualifying U.S. citizens and lawful […]