Baylor Law Immigration Clinic To Host Legal Clinic for DACA Recipients

WACO, Texas -

With the federal government's phasing out of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic offers renewal assistance to those who's DACA status expires on or before March 5, 2018.

Laura Hernández, a professor of law and founder of the Baylor Law School Immigration Clinic, said now that the DACA program has been rescinded, uncertainty faces the 800,000 DACA recipients living in the United States.

"A lot of the DACA applications processed at the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic are from people who came to the U.S. when they were three or four. Most of them do not even remember their home country," Hernández said.

The Immigration Clinic is offering DACA renewal assistance to undocumented immigrants who's DACA status expires anytime before March 5, 2018. Those who's DACA status expires after March 5, 2018 are not eligible for renewal. The federal government is no longer accepting new applications.

"The deadline for renewal submissions is October 5, [2017] so we are urging DACA cardholders to file their renewal request as soon as possible," said Hernández. "If you know someone or need to renew yours, let the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic know. We are absolutely going to help."

The Baylor Law Immigration Clinic was established in 2012. Every year Professor Hernández, adjunct faculty member and Baylor Lawyer Susan Nelson, JD '90, and numerous Baylor law and undergraduate students volunteer to assist Waco area residents with their immigration needs. To date, the clinic has served hundreds of individuals – many with DACA applications – and helped with hundreds of immigration legal matters.

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