"Deferred Action"

[Meenah]

I for one was happy to see this start. I have no legal knowledge, and am only speaking as a mother. I just think of my own children and what I would do for them. I cannot imagine being raised here from a young age, and being told I have to leave. I know there alot of stipulations and will read up on those, but thought it would be a good idea to post this here for discussion. Maybe it is too little too late, or maybe it will work out, I don't know.

Foreign consulates, lawyers’ offices and advocacy organizations were abuzz with activity as the federal government on Wednesday began allowing certain young illegal immigrants who came to America as children to apply for the right to legally stay and work in the country.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services began accepting applications for consideration of “deferred action”— a two-year reprieve from any threat of deportation, with the possibility of renewal. The new Obama administration program, a radical and controversial change in immigration policy, was announced by Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano in mid-June.

[SuzySunshine]

This was a big story locally because there is a family from Great Britain who are here on work visas because they own a hotel near KC. Their daughter is almost to the age where she is aged out of the system, she was finally told last week that she could get her own work visa and stay. So she is a LEGAL child of a LEGAL immigrant and was being told she had to leave because once you reach a certain age you can't stay under your parents' visa. Her application has been in the work for NINE years - NINE!

Here is the story:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/08...ylink=misearch