Free clinic in Oklahoma City’s Capitol Hill Community Center helps immigrants avoid deportation

DREAM Act Oklahoma’s clinic helped about 50 undocumented immigrants apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a process that could allow them to stay and work in the U.S.

 
BY VALLERY BROWN | Modified: November 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm | Published: November 4, 2012   

Taking a break from filling out her own application, Deisy Escalera escorts other undocumented immigrants to a large room at the Capitol Hill Community Center where volunteers help with paperwork that could help them avoid deportation and work in the U.S.

photo - Tulsa attorney Rebekah Guthrie looks over a man’s application for deferred action on Oct. 27 at the Capitol Hill Community Center in Oklahoma City. Photo by Vallery Brown, The Oklahoman
Tulsa attorney Rebekah Guthrie looks over a man’s application for deferred action on Oct. 27 at the Capitol Hill Community Center in Oklahoma City. Photo by Vallery Brown, The Oklahoman

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“I’ve been too busy helping other people to do my own,” said Escalera, a University of Oklahoma senior who plans to graduate in May.

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