Day Laborers Dream of Deferred Action
Going to college and taking advantage of the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action policy remains a dream for many day laborers.
Going to college and taking advantage of the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action policy remains a dream for many day laborers.
At Baruch College yesterday, city and federal government officials offered pointers and took questions about the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which started accepting applications on Wednesday.
Today marks the kick-off of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program. We have a selection of stories on this milestone, as well as a video on how Muslim food vendors fast during Ramadan and a feature on the first Latino to play the lead role in an Italian festival in El Barrio.
In the 21st-century United States, employees of the country’s immigration agency can say whatever they like, without any consequences, including declaring that they will not follow presidential directives or those of their [agency] superiors.