columbus, ohio (PRWEB) June 25, 2012
Richard Herman, a deferred action attorney and the co-author of the book, “Immigrant, Inc.” (Wiley, 2009), has launched a new website http://www.Deferred-Action-Lawyer.com to help others understand the benefits and risks involved in the new Deferred Action program accounced on June 15, 2012 by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
Concerned with immigrants falling prey to unscrupulous service providers who provide misleading or false information on deferred action, Richard Herman says:
“The new website is intended to be an educational portal for all those interested in learning the do’s and dont’s in applying for the new deferred action program, which will provide up to 1.4 million undocumented youth the opportunity to obtain relief from removal and a 2-year work permit. Those who work with undocumented immigrants, such as immigration lawyers and immigrant rights activists, are concerned that some unethical individuals will prey upon the undocumented immigrant community with misleading information about the Deferred Action program.
We’ve seen this many times before when immigration law has changed and immigrants, desparate for legal status, are vulnerable to empty promises by some agents, attorneys or notarios. I launched http://www.Deferred-Action-Lawyer.com to help educate the community about the benefits, and risks, of the deferred action program.”
Eligible individuals for the new Deferred Action program, as outlined in Napalitano’s memo, “Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities,” are those who:
