Thursday, August 18, 2011

Dream Act students won't be deportation targets, officials say - latimes.com

Dream Act students won't be deportation targets, officials say - latimes.com

Dream Act students won't be deportation targets, officials say

Demonstrator Ruben Bernal, who recently graduated from San Jose State University, rallies for the Dream Act in downtown San Jose on June 29.

The Obama administration announced Thursday that undocumented students and other low-priority immigration offenders will not be targeted for deportation under enforcement programs.

The announcement marks further steps to stop the deportation of people it considers "low-priority" immigrants like so-called Dream Act eligible students and those with long-standing family ties in the country. These eligible students are those who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children by their