The final day for unaccompanied minors to file for asylum as a member of the class action is Monday February 24, 2025
You are part of the Class covered by the Settlement Agreement (“Class Member”) if, on or before February 24, 2025, you (1) were determined to be an Unaccompanied Child; (2) filed an asylum application that was pending with USCIS; (3) on the date you filed your asylum application with USCIS, you were 18 years of age or older, or you had a parent or legal guardian in the United States who is available to provide care and physical custody; and (4) have not received an adjudication from USCIS on the merits of your asylum application.
Some individuals who were previously determined to be Unaccompanied Children but have not yet filed for asylum with USCIS can become Class Members if they file an asylum application with USCIS on or before February 24, 2025, and meet the other requirements described above
Today, May 23, 2023, a Florida Republican, Maria Elvira Salazar, and a Texas Democrat, Veronica Escobar, are introducing legislation in Congress addressing immigration concerns of both Democrats and Republicans. The proposal includes increased border security, protection for Dreamers, green card backlogs, revised agricultural visas, more border patrol and asylum officers, asylum processing centers on the border and in countries south of the border.
The Original DACA program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is still running and recently a federal court ordered the government to accept new first time applications. The Murphy Law Firm, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, has been handling DACA applications since the program began in 2012. The firm has represented numerous families and students in Chester County and all over the mid-Atlantic region since 2008.
If any of your students are interested or think they may be eligible for DACA, the firm’s founding attorney, Mr. Murphy, and Attorney Kaley Miller-Schaeffer are offering free legal consultations to help students determine eligibility for DACA and other new programs that become available over the next several months. All they have to do is provide us with a student ID to qualify for a free consultation.
Call 610-436-7555 and ask for a DACA consultation.
On December 4, 2020, a Federal Judge required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting new applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), as well as remedying the recent one-year grants of DACA. Effective December 7, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is:
• Accepting first-time applications for consideration of DACA;
• Accepting DACA renewal requests based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017;
• Accepting applications for advance parole documents based on the terms of the DACA policy prior to September 5, 2017; and
• Extending one-year grants of deferred action and employment authorization under DACA to two years.
For more information to see if you are eligible to apply for DACA, see Deferred Action, or contact our office for a consultation, 610-436-7555.
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