More than $75,000 Raised by LGBTQ Organizations and Leaders to Help Dreamers Apply for new “Deferred Action” Program

by Bethany Woolman | Sep 12, 2012 | LGBT youth, lgbt immigration, DREAMers, visa, DACA, lgbt undocumented

(San Francisco, CA, September 12, 2012)—More than $75,000 has been raised by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations and LGBTQ movement leaders to help young LGBTQ undocumented immigrants pay for work permit applications made possible through President Obama’s new “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program. The President’s program, which took effect on August 15, allows young people who were brought to the country as children to apply for...

NCLR Co-Hosts Deferred Action Immigration Forum in San Francisco

by Bethany Woolman | Aug 27, 2012 | LGBT youth, lgbt undocumented immigrant, LGBT Immigrant, DREAMers, visa, DACA, lgbt undocumented

(San Francisco, CA, August 27, 2012)—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is pleased to co-sponsor a community forum on the newly announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on August 29, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. at the San Francisco Main Library’s Koret Auditorium. On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would no longer deport young undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children and would enable them to work legally by...