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Young Immigrants For Immigration

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On Tuesday fifth, 2017 the President, Donald Trump ordered to put an end to the obama-era the protects young immigrant from deportation, with a six month delay. This six month delay is supposed to urge Congress to come up with a plan as a replacement to DACA. What is DACA? DACA is a program that was formed through executive order by former President Barack Obama in 2012 and allows certain young immigrant, called Dreamers, who come to the U.S. illegally as minors to be protected from deportation. which is subject to renewal. Beneficiary from DACA obtain work permits for 2 years and they are subject to renewal every 2 years. How many young immigrants benefit from DACA? 800,000 undocumented youth are under this protection. That's a large …show more content…

They said that initial requests were no longer going to be accepted only renewals. The benefits of renewing is that you get two years to plan a solution with your family if worst comes to worst. They talked about ways of becoming a permanent U.S citizens. Some of the ways they talked about was through programs such as, Special Immigrant Juvenile status, this is a special way for minors currently in the United States to adjust status despite unauthorized entry or unlawful presence in the United States. The criteria to qualify for this program is abuse, neglect, or abandonment by one or both parents. Another way to adjust status is through U VISA/VAWA, the U VISA is a visa set aside for victims of crime and VAWA is Violence Against Women's Act that provides protection for women who were victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking in the United States. Last another way to adjust permanent status in the U.S is through Family Based Petition. This petition is limited to immediate family, this process could be long and in some cases you are required to go back to the country you were born and do the paperwork from there.
I found this information session informative. I feel like I can take this information and share it with someone who might benefit through it or simply just to informed people who are interested in this topic. In the information session they handed out flyers displaying their office hours and locations of their

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