On June 15, 2012, the Obama administration announced that it would allow certain undocumented young people the opportunity to apply for a temporary status called DEFERRED ACTION. With this status, applicants would be eligible to receive a work permit valid for two years.
Note that this new policy will not be in effect for approximately 60 days while U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services devise a plan for accepting applications.
In order to qualify for the status, the immigrant must have entered the U.S. prior to age 16, and have been under thirty-one years old on June 15, 2012. She must have continuously resided in the U.S. for at least five years prior to June 15, 2012 and have been present in the U.S. on June 15, 2012. The immigrant must currently be in school, have graduated from high school, have a GED, or be an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard or the U.S. Armed Forces. Most criminal offenses will make her ineligible for deferred action.
Those who believe they meet this criteria should not affirmatively apply for deferred action now. They should be very careful of notaries and other non-lawyers in the community who tell them that they can file now! At this point we all are simply waiting for further guidance from USCIS. Please contact the IIIC with any questions or If you would like to place your name on a mailing list, we will be happy to contact you once we have more information.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.seanomelb | Jul 09, 2012, 07:55 PM EDT
Gee the Obama bashers are out in force today.Well.. I suppose they give each other succour considering they'll have to put up with him for another four years.
EphraimKibbey | Jul 09, 2012, 02:52 PM EDT
@kelauggie1 - Ask W!
BrianO | Jul 09, 2012, 02:51 PM EDT
@kelauggie1, They believe their dictators will all be benevolent, if their cause of statism is attained it is then they will be discarded with the rest. Rather gloomy outlook I know, makes me want to board a wooden ship and cross unknown oceans for the chance of escape.
kelauggie1 | Jul 09, 2012, 09:51 AM EDT
Obama certainly is a fraud. But I ask: how can a president who has sworn on a bible to uphold US law simply direct his adminstration to ignore a feredal law, just because he wants to? Sounds like the start of a nice little socialist dictatorship. He should be arrested for this action, but instead, the libs applaud him. I wonder how they would feel if he ignored laws they wanted followed???
BrianO | Jul 09, 2012, 08:48 AM EDT
All people are created equal, except if you are under 30 over 16 have a ged or faked your way into the military,----Or maybe a rephrasing of the law,(Obama if he could tell the truth) "I'm afraid I might not get reelected and if I passed an amnesty law for all illegal aliens I would be thrown out of office, I propose amnesty aimed at latinos to fool them into thinking I care about them but make it so specific non of the white folks will get upset."
Cheryld | Jul 09, 2012, 01:12 AM EDT
this man is a complete piece of socialist lying crap. He is a traitor and should be impeached tried convicted and his golf clubs sold on Ebay!
seanomelb | Jul 09, 2012, 12:07 AM EDT
Was the Latino American born? or are we been racist here??
seanomelb | Jul 08, 2012, 06:03 PM EDT
Obama! a great human being,giving hope to many children who arrived in the U.S.A. Have faith Ephraim. The two posters below you are lovely little racists.
EphraimKibbey | Jul 08, 2012, 02:34 PM EDT
These young people may want to wait until after the presidential election before applying. Romney has been purposely vague when asked if he would cancel Obama's executive order as one of the many things he says he will do on his first day in office. During the debates he said that he would veto the dream act so the chances of him really supporting this half-way step toward it are unlikely. Once a person has applied, they and their parents may be in even more jeopardy if Romney is elected.
rgray222 | Jul 08, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
Just ask yourself.........how would you feel if you were doing everything by the book and Obama allowed 800,000 people in the que in front of you! Appalling! (and you are 31 years of age, cut was 30).
BippyBellito | Jul 08, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
This Fraud will play every constituency he can until he gets re elected and makes himself dictator. After November 6th all bets will be off. One thing about The Irish. We can be gullible at times, but once we expose a Fraud in our midst, then there is Hell to Pay. Just a Heads Up. Obama is a Fraud!