The City Bar Justice Center will be coordinating an Administrative Dream Act Immigration Pro Bono Project in response to the announcement by the Obama Administration of the availability of Deferred Action as an avenue of relief for certain undocumented immigrants brought here as children.

The City Bar Justice Center has been concerned with the problems of New York's children growing up without a secure immigration status. The Justice Center's immigration projects have worked with pro bono attorneys to use naturalization, family petitions, asylum, U and T visas as well as remedies in removal and detention cases to help families.

Now the legal community has what may be a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to help undocumented immigrant youth obtain a status which will permit them to work and go on to higher education.

The City Bar Justice Center's efforts will kick-off with a training for pro bono attorneys at the City Bar on September 4 from 6 - 7:30 p.m.followed by the three clinics this fall to assist requesters. The training class is filling so if you are interested please contact Fragomen Fellow Barbara Camacho at bcamacho@nycbar.org.