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WE BEGIN ALL
NEW TONIGHT AT
TEN O'CLOCK...
A NEW PROGRAM
COULD OFFER
HOPE FOR YOUNG
IMMIGRANTS WHO
ARE WORKING IN
THE U-S... BUT DO
NOT HAVE
CITIZENSHIP.
TONIGHT
DOZENS OF WEST
TEXANS GATHERED
AT A COMMUNITY
FORUM....TO LEARN
ABOUT A
CONTROVERSIAL
PROGRAM CALLED
"DEFFERED
ACTION"..
CBS 7'S FELICIA
BOLTON SPOKE
WITH THOSE
EFFECTED BY THE
PROGRAM AND HAS
THE DETAILS ON
HOW THOSE
ELIGABLE CAN
APPLY.
FELICIA?
THIS NEW DEFFERED ACTION
PROGRAM IS A GATEWAY TO
THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTES
SEEKING TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY
FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS
WEST TEXANS LISTENED CLOSELY
TO LEARN OF THE DEFFERED
ACTION PROGRAM, SIGNED INTO
LEGISTATION BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
BACK IN JUNE. EACH ONE OF THEM
HAS ONE THING IN COMMON ....THEY
ARE OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS
AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
"I feel bad, because I fear bein
the streetthat the police will s
and they ask me for my papers. f
fear for my children.. if they l
and I will be deported" OFFICIA
THE COMMUNITY FORUM BROKE
DOWN THE MYTHS TIED TO
DEFFERED ACTION .
"It's a big misconception that i
sort of amnesty or some sort ofa
citizenship, because its not. Is
renewable work permit, which alw
them to come out of the shadowso
can get jobs" ATTORNEY DANIEL
CAUDILLO EXPLAINS THIS PROGRAM
HAS STRICT RESTRICTION AND
LIMITED TO A CERITAIN ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
"Well to qualify under this poly
need to be. You need to had ente
country before the age of 16, s1
under. And you need to be 30 yes
or under as of June 15th of thiy
THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE MUST
HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR
GED OR HONORABLY DISCHARD BY
THE MILITARY . THE ATTORYNEY
SAY APPLICANTS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF FRAUD AND ONLY APPLY
THROUGH A LAWYER. AND FOR
MANY USA CITIZEN HOPEFULS,
THEY SEE THE PROGRAM AS A NEW
FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR CHILDREN.
" I think that it's a really goo
madefor the youth, for our child
for everyone"
IMMIGRANTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO
APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM ON
AUGUST 15TH FOR MORE
INFROMATION ON THE PROGRAM,
GO ONLINE TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBS 7 DOT COM IN THE
NEWSROOM, FELICIA BOLTON, CBS
7 NEWS
HERE'S A
LOOK AT THE
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR THE
PROGRAM.
IT WILL AFFECT
PEOPLE WHO
ENTERED THE
COUNTRY BEFORE
THE AGE OF 16
...AND ARE
YOUNGER THAN 30.
THEY MUST HAVE
CONTINUOUSLY
LIVED IN THE
UNITED STATES
FOR FIVE YEARS.
THE PERSON MUST
HAVE NEVER BEEN
CONVICTED OF A
FELONY ...OR POSE
A THREAT TO
CONTINUOUSLY
CBS 7 DOT COM IN THE
NEWSROOM, FELICIA BOLTON, CBS
7 NEWS
HERE'S A
LOOK AT THE
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR THE
PROGRAM.
IT WILL AFFECT
PEOPLE WHO
ENTERED THE
COUNTRY BEFORE
THE AGE OF 16
...AND ARE
YOUNGER THAN 30.
THEY MUST HAVE
CONTINUOUSLY
LIVED IN THE
UNITED STATES
FOR FIVE YEARS.
THE PERSON MUST
HAVE NEVER BEEN
CONVICTED OF A
FELONY ...OR POSE
A THREAT TO
NATIONAL
SECURITY.
THE OFFICES OF
THE U.S. CITIZEN
AND IMMIGRATION
SERVICES WILL
BEGIN RECEIVING