Posted by Josh Goldstein | Deferred Action, DREAM Act, prosecutorial discretion

DREAM Act Immigration Lawyer News Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee! I've come here from Boston to attend the National Convention of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). And today, we immigration attorneys awoke to some wonderful news: the Obama Administration announced a new immigration directive, the so-called DREAM Act, which will help countless undocumented young people who, through no fault of their own, were brought the US as young children. When this DREAM Act immigration memorandum was announced at the lawyers convention this morning, crowds of immigration lawyers attending literally stood up and applauded. READ MORE