Free Legal Immigration Clinics for Young People
The Chinese Progressive Association continues to hold free immigration legal clinics to help young immigrants learn about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and see if they are eligible. Interested young people or their parents and family may come to the clinic to speak with a lawyer and get help in filing an application. The next clinic will be on Saturday December 8. Please let your members and clients know about the legal clinics. See below for more information.
- Get Information about “deferred action for childhood arrivals” – the new policy for certain immigrants who came to the US as children
- Talk to a lawyer
- Find out if you qualify for deferred action and a work permit
- Get help in filling out application
When: Saturday December 8 – 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Where: Chinese Progressive Association, 83 Canal Street, Room 304 , (near Eldridge Street), New York, New York
Where: Chinese Progressive Association, 83 Canal Street, Room 304 , (near Eldridge Street), New York, New York
Please preregister
Contact us at 212-274-1891 or [email protected] to preregister and for more information
Contact us at 212-274-1891 or [email protected] to preregister and for more information
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Pro Bono Training
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Pro Bono Training
Thousands of young immigrants have been approved for “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA). But with an estimated 100,000 undocumented Asian immigrants eligible, we have thousands more to reach. DACA is a Department of Homeland Security directive that gives eligible undocumented youth a two-year pause from the threat of deportation and an opportunity to secure a work permit. For many, this will be the first opportunity to legally work and live in this country.
Many of these immigrants are from the communities served by the various Asian bar associations of New York. Taking on a DACA case pro bono is a discrete way to learn basic immigration law and begin to change the life of undocumented youth.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is seeking pro bono counsel to represent eligible young people applying for DACA. No prior legal experience is required, but pro bono counsel will be required to attend a training prior to taking a case. These cases will help support the work of AALDEF’s youth group for undocumented Asian Americans.
If you are interested in taking a DACA case through AALDEF, please join us for the training on:
Tuesday, November 27 from 6:30pm-8:30pm
at Linklaters, 1345 6th Avenue New York, NY 10105
To register for the training, please email AALDEF at: [email protected].
Please confirm in advance that you are covered by professional liability insurance.
2 CLE credits are being provided by the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY)
For more information about what this new directive means for Asian American communities, see our legal alert.
Generously co-sponsored by:
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
South Asian Bar Association of New York
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
South Asian Bar Association of New York
The NYIC is Postponing Events Scheduled for This Week
Dear friends,
We hope this e-mail finds you well; our thoughts are with everyone who experienced Hurricane Sandy and are dealing with its impact.
Given current conditions throughout the area, including lack of email and phone service at the NYIC, we are postponing NYIC events scheduled for the next few days, including:
TRAINING on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status—scheduled for Wednesday, October 31, 2012 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm: postponed till further notice
TRAINING on Battered Spouse Waivers & VAWA Self-Petitions —scheduled for Thursday, November 1, 2012 from 10:00am – 1:00pm: postponed till further notice
TRAINING on Immigration Consequences of Criminal Dispositions —scheduled for Friday, November 2, 2012 from 2:00pm – 5:00pm: postponed till further notice
DACA Clinic: Scheduled for November 1st, 6PM: postponed till further notice
MEXICAN Consulate ID Event: Scheduled for October 31 to November 4th, 9am to 2pm at PS 24 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn: The start date is postponed; we will know in the next day or two whether or not it will happen at all at this time or whether it will be postponed entirely to a later date.
While our lack of phone and email service makes communication difficult, we do have an email address that you can write to us to for urgent matters: [email protected]. We will check this address two to three times a day until our regular email service is up and running.
If you sent an email to NYIC staff anytime after 7 p.m. Monday, October 29th, we likely did not receive it. If it is urgent, you can forward it to the gmail address above. Otherwise, we will send out a notification once we’re back online and have full communications capacity again.
Thank you; and again, our best wishes to everyone as we recover from this storm.
Chung-Wha Hong
Executive Director
The New York Immigration Coalition
NYIC Town Hall Meeting on DACA
Town Hall Meeting on
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Learn more about Deferred Action and where to get help with your application
11:00 – 12:30, Sunday, October 7, 2012
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue
(Enter Community Entrance on Van Dam Street & 47th Avenue)
Long Island City, New York
Please Join Host
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
and her special guest:
Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez
Along with Representatives of
American Immigration Lawyers Association
CUNY Citizenship Now
New York Immigration Coalition
& United States Citizen and Immigration Service
To view the flyer please click here.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Pro Bono Training
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA)
Pro Bono Training
An estimated 100,000 undocumented Asian immigrants are eligible for “Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals” (DACA). A new Department of Homeland Security directive, DACA gives eligible undocumented youth a two-year pause from the threat of deportation and an opportunity to secure a work permit. For many, this will be the first opportunity to legally work and live in this country.
Many of these immigrants are from the communities served by the various Asian bar associations of New York. Taking on a DACA case pro bono is a discrete way to learn basic immigration law and impact the life of undocumented youth.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is seeking pro bono counsel to represent eligible young people applying for DACA. No prior legal experience is required, but pro bono counsel will be required to attend a training prior to taking a case. These cases will help support the work of AALDEF’s youth group for undocumented Asian Americans.
If you are interested in taking a DACA case through AALDEF, please join us for the training on:
Wednesday, September 5 from 6pm-7pm
at O’Melveny & Myers, 7 Times Square
To register for the training, please email AALDEF at: [email protected]
For more information about what this new directive means for Asian American communities, see our legal alert.
Generously Co-sponsored by:
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Muslim Bar Association of New York
South Asian Bar Association of New York