Last summer, President Obama signed a policy memo directing the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide relief from removal for young people living in the U.S. without status.
This new policy provides relieffor young adults and teenagers who are in the country, are pursuing or have pursued an education or military service, and who have no serious criminal record. The eligibility criteria appear straightforward, but in application, they are very technical and extremely fact specific. All applicants must provide a substantial amount of evidence for each of the required eligibility criteria. Even if the criteria are met,…
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