DACA Renewal Clinics At The Welcome Project In Somerville

SOMERVILLE, MA – Somerville non-profit The Welcome Project will host two clinics in September for Massachusetts residents to renew their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced earlier this month that the Trump administration would rescind the program, putting a freeze on the Obama-era policy protecting about 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as minors.

The federal government is no longer accepting new requests for DACA status but will consider renewal requests received by Oct. 5 for individuals whose status expires between Sept. 5, 2017 and March 5, 2018.

The Welcome Project will hold clinics on Friday, Sept. 22 from 4-6 p.m. and Friday, Sept. 29 from 4-7 p.m. Both clinics will take place at 530 Mystic Avenue. The organization will have lawyers on hand, and sponsorship opportunities are available.

>>>Click here for information about renewing your DACA status.

Photo: Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA chant slogans and hold signs while joining a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. (Richard Vogel/Associated Press)