June 12, 2014 – The attorneys of HIP’s Immigration Department attended the Kent School District Resource Fair held at the Birch Creek Youth Center. Cynthia Irvine, Florian Purganan, Mary-Beth Leeper, and Meghan Kelly-Stallings, fielded questions from community members and provided written information about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), an immigration benefit available to certain noncitizens who arrived to the U.S. as children. Various local businesses, public agencies and nonprofits also attended the event organized by the Kent School District, Centro Rendu and the King County Housing Authority.
