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This first edition of DACA: The Essential Legal Guide is a comprehensive and practice-oriented overview of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) based on the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s more than two decades of community education, outreach, training and technical assistance on issues impacting immigrant youth. Thorough and user-friendly, this manual consists of ten easy to read and understand chapters and appendices, covering an in-depth discussion of the DACA eligibility requirements, the entire process of representing a DACA applicant from the initial client meeting to the closing of the client case, a detailed discussion of the criminal bars to DACA, tips on how to help clients obtain the necessary documentation to apply, essential best practices on how to fill out all of the immigration forms, and helpful suggestions on both procedural issues and ways to effectively work with DACA applicants. Included are sample documents and forms, practice advisories, helpful guides, numerous examples demonstrating the legal concepts, and many other essential tools for both private attorneys and non-profit practitioners to prepare and support a DACA applicant with her request.
