BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Pedro Rios, a former Delano City Council member and now a Republican candidate for the state Assembly, came to this country as an undocumented immigrant in his youth.
Pedro Rios, a former Delano City Council member and now a Republican candidate for the state Assembly, came to this country as an undocumented immigrant in his youth.
Kern County's undocumented students who applied for relief under the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program have started getting their permits.
Just three weeks after the Obama administration started accepting applications from young illegal immigrants seeking to avoid deportation and get a work permit, the government already has approved some of the roughly 72,000 applications the government has received.
Young illegal immigrants are scrambling to get passports and other records in order as the Homeland Security Department starts accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get work permits
The Obama administration on Tuesday directed young illegal immigrants to fill out new forms and pay $465 if they want to apply under a new program that would let them avoid deportation and obtain a U.S. work permit.