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Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465 | FDL News Desk

Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465 | FDL News Desk:


Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465

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Despite all the fanfare over the Obama Administration’s announcement of deferred action status for DREAM-eligible youth, it hasn’t actually begun. Eligible applicants must fill out a form to get the deferred action status for themselves, and that process will commence on August 15. And US Citizenship and Immigration Servicesannounced yesterday that the immigrants will have to pay the US government $465 for the privilege.
Young illegal immigrants can start applying on August 15 for two-year deferrals from deportation, but will have to pay $465 in fees, a top immigration official announced Friday.
The announcement provided the first details of the Obama administration’s policy change