UPDATED Practice Manual on Labor-Based Deferred Action

Prof. Mary Yanik, Sept. 4, 2024: "I write to share the exciting news that today our co-author team (Tulane, NIPNLG, NILC, Organized Power in Numbers, & Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center) have released an updated version of the immigration practice manual on Labor-Based Deferred Action (also known as DALE). This update shares lessons learned from this practice over the past one and a half years (lots of good news on both timing and approvals!), information on the process for renewals and extensions, advising in light of the upcoming election, and so much more. We also link to updated exhibits with example applications and an editable online chart with information on state/local agencies, referral resources, and guestworker grace periods.  Though many of you are also aware, I should also mention two additional DALE resources. If you want to join a listserv of attorneys, organizers, and advocates sharing information and updates on DALE, you can email Labor-DA-Cases+subscribe@groups.io to join. And lastly, if you have students who will be working on DALE this year, please share with them this registration link for an orientation webinar this Friday, September 6, from 12:30 to 2pm ET.  Clinicians and law school clinics have been a part of the huge push to formalize DALE protection and expand access to legal help for workers applying—thanks to all of you and your students for your work and for sharing your collective experiences to inform best practices!"