Young illegal immigrants discuss future

This has stories about specific young people applying for this program and their comments. Very interesting.   - - Donna Poisl

from Associated Press writers Amy Taxin, Elliot Spagat, Gosia Wozniacka and Andres Gonzalez

Thousands of young illegal immigrants are preparing to apply for the right to work legally in America without being deported under a recently enacted federal program.

The program could help more than 1 million young illegal immigrants by giving them work permits, though they would not obtain green cards or a path to citizenship. To be eligible, immigrants must prove they arrived in the U.S. before they turned 16, are 30 or younger, have been living in the country at least five years and are in school or graduated or served in the military. They cannot have been convicted of certain crimes or otherwise pose a safety threat.
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