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Few Nevada DACA participants asking for legal assistance

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Few Nevada DACA participants asking for legal assistance

 

"Legal aid groups that ramped up to help Nevada’s DACA participants renew work permits as the deadline to do so approaches say demand for the assistance has been much lower than anticipated.

It’s estimated that up to 3,000 of Nevada’s 13,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program participants are eligible to renew their work permits for two more years because their work authorizations will expire before March 5. They are required to act by Oct. 5 or will lose their DACA status as soon as it expires.
Still, the legal aid groups say fewer than 100 people statewide have received free legal assistance..."

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