Obama Offers Two Years of 'Deferred Action' to Illegal Immigrants ~ US immigration

President Obama on Friday, June 15, 2012 announced a temporary policy providing a two-year deferral from deportation for young illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before the age of 16 and meet several other requirements.

The deportation deferral policy is intended to apply to young illegal immigrants who entered the United States with their parents or other adults. Children born to illegal immigrants while already in the U.S. are automatically classified as American citizens under the 14th Amendment, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in its 1897 U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark decision.

In a memorandum issued Friday, June 15, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano authorized U.S. immigration officials to grant a renewable, two-year deferral from deportation for illegal immigrants who pose no security risk and:

* Are not above the age of 30;

* Were under age 16 when they came to the United States;

* Have continuously resided in the United States for at least five years;

* Are currently in school, have graduated from high school, have obtained a general education development certificate (GED), or are honorably discharged veterans of the Coast Guard or Armed Forces of the United States; and

* Have not been convicted of a felony offense, a significant misdemeanor offense, multiple misdemeanor offenses, or otherwise pose a threat to national security or public safety.

Illegal immigrants meeting all of the requirements for deferral of deportation will also be eligible to apply for authorization to work legally in the United States.Call 212-402-6886 for more information.

BIOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF DARRYL L. WYNN

Darryl L. Wynn has been practicing law in New York State since 1988 and has worked in a number of settings, including private firms, government, public authorities and a nonprofit organization. He has had his own law firm since 1992, which is located in the Wall Street-Financial District area of New York City. He has served as Counsel to The Gilman Group, an international strategic alliance consulting and government affairs advocacy firm headed by former U.S. Congressman Benjamin Gilman and based in Washington, DC, since 2006.

Darryl Wynn’s practice area is concentrated in U.S. immigration and nationality law, including the defense of removal proceedings in criminal and political asylum related cases, litigation of immigration cases in Federal Court and complex business immigration matters. He is a senior member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association New York Chapter and has been an advisor on immigration law matters to a number of universities and organizations. He has represented a number of hotel and hospitality companies as well as manufacturers and Other employers, as well as artists and scientists of international reknown. He has lectured on Immigration law throughout the United States as well as internationally.

Attorney Wynn received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy at Princeton University and his Juris Doctor Degree from the City University of New York Law School. He has also studied in the L.L.M in Taxation Program at New York University.

He is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of New York.

Prior to his concentration in immigration law, Darryl Wynn practiced in real estate transactional, financing and cooperative/ condominium litigation matters. He was an associate at Fischbein Badillo Wagner as well as at Smollens & Guralnick, and was Special Counsel for Project Development at the New York City Housing Authority.

He has also been a member of the American Bar Association, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and had been the Young Leadership Chairman of the American Jewish Committee New York Chapter.

Law Offices of DARRYL L. WYNN

Immigration Service Office