Immigrants get advice on eligibility for delayed-deportation programs

“It’s time for you to start gathering your documents and saving your money,” said Karla Navarrete, staff attorney of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, which organized the event. Immigrants who apply for the programs will have to prove they have been in the country for several years and pay a fee of several hundred dollars to the government, Navarrete said, so people should start planning now.

Sunday’s event, which was connected to a three-day national conference on immigrant integration that Monday features a speech by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez, was the first part of what immigrant advocates say will be a massive public information campaign.

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