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Napolitano: Deferred Action Applications Will Be Available on August 15

July 19, 2012

Today, 104 Democratic Members of Congress released a letter to President Barack Obama thanking him for his decision to instruct the Department of Homeland Security to offer "Deferred Action" deportation relief to young immigrants raised...

Five Things I Have Learned by Consulting with DREAMers

July 15, 2012

Over the last three weeks, I have met with dozens of young people about their eligibility for Dream Act deferred action. I advise them that there is no process yet to apply for deferred action...

Frequently Asked Questions about DREAM Act Deferred Action

July 3, 2012

Why do you call it “DREAM Act Deferred Action?” It is true that the new program is not the DREAM Act. However, it does have its origin in the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is...

What to do while waiting for the CIS to implement DREAM Act deferred action

June 30, 2012

On June 15, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intention to give deferred action and employment authorization documents (EADs) for a period of two years to certain young people who came to...

National Dream Graduation, Redux

June 27, 2012

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377"] Photo-op from the National DREAM graduation, with undocumented student organizers from 17 states[/caption] Every June for the past 12 years, undocumented students from around the country have traveled to Washington D.C.to urge...

National Dream Act Graduation

June 27, 2012

Yesterday, I had the privilege to speak to many DREAMers who came from all over the country to lobby Congress to pass the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. And with activist glee and an...

Dream Act Deferred Action Chart

June 20, 2012

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Good news, but wait, don’t do anything yet!

June 18, 2012

The President's announcement of deferred action for DREAMers has ignited the passions and imaginations of the immigrant community. As it should have. For an immigrant community that has suffered through over a decade of harsh...

Relief for DREAMers

June 15, 2012

The adminisitration electrified the immigration world today by announcing a new policy offering discretionary relief to young undocumented immigrants as a group. This announcement changes administration policy by moving from a de facto cases by...

Benach Collopy and DreamActivist Take up the Child Status Protection Act

May 14, 2012

On Friday, May 11, 2012, Benach Collopy filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief on behalf of DreamActivist with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Cuellar de Osorio v....