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President Obama’s Immigration Announcement11/22/2014 On November 20, 2014 President Obama announced that he would be issuing executive orders that would make many changes for immigrants living in the United States. The biggest changes that will affect those without immigration status are:
We do not have concrete information about when each of these programs will be available. USCIS has estimated that people will be able to request the DACA under the expanded guidelines within approximately 90 days. For the DAPA program, USCIS has estimated that people will be able to begin submitting requests for that relief in approximately 180 days. There is no estimate as to when the expanded provisional waiver program will go into effect. People who may qualify for these programs should NOT travel outside of the United States as it may make them ineligible for the programs. Deferred Action is not an immigration status; it is only protection from being placed in removal proceedings. A person with deferred action does not have a visa, a green card or any other legal immigration status. There is no path to citizenship or a green card for a person with deferred action. However, a person with deferred action is protected from deportation during the period they have deferred action and they are also eligible for a work permit. In the cases of people who are granted deferred action under DACA or DAPA, USCIS will grant deferred action and employment authorization for periods of three years. There are many things that people should do to begin preparing for these changes and the opportunity to apply for relief. The following are documents that could be helpful in the preparation of a case:
It is very important that those people who want more information about these programs talk to an experienced lawyer who specializes in immigration law. Immigration law is an extremely complex area of law and it is very easy to be put at risk of removal by immigration authorities if applications for relief are submitted when a person is not actually eligible. Immigrants are an extremely vulnerable population and there are many scammers who prey on the community. Among these scammers are notarios, who claim knowledge of immigration law, but who do not have any legal education or experience. Do not fall prey to these scams and seek out an experienced attorney before submitting any paperwork to immigration.
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Interviews on TV2/12/2014 I have been working as a volunteer with the Washington State Bar Association over the past few months trying to locate former clients of a suspended attorney. The hope is to return the original files to the clients. This has been a much more difficult task than I expected and has taken months to accomplish. There are still hundreds of clients of the attorney who I have been unable to contact and so, in an effort to try to locate more of the clients, I have been interviewed on our local Univision station. Here are links to the interviews if you would like to watch: |