Pols Urge Children Of Immigrants To Apply For Documentation
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Elected officials and immigration advocates are urging the children of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally to apply or reapply for documentation.
As WCBS 880's Peter Haskell reported, immigrants who entered the country before turning 16 are eligible to enroll in the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, which allows them to avoid deportation and obtain a U.S. work permit.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D-Queens, and Assemblyman Francisco Moya, D-Queens, were among those who called on young immigrants to take action during a news conference Tuesday at Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens.
Pols Urge Children Of Immigrants To Apply For Documentation
"Once your deadline hits, you know you are undocumented again," Meng said.
Antonio Alarcon, 20, of Queens, is among a half-million immigrants who must reapply to remain in the U.S. legally. As a result of the program --adopted by the Obama administration in 2012 -- the LaGuardia Community College student now sees a future.
"I was able to get a Social Security number," Alarcon said. "I was able to get an I.D.
"It has really changed our life, like completely. I was able to change to Arizona without all the fear of being deported."
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