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Illegals get OK to work

WASHINGTON — With less than two months to go before the Nov. 6 election, the Obama administration has approved applications from 29 illegal immigrants hoping to avoid deportation and get a work permit, the Department of Homeland Security said yesterday.

The US Immigration and Citizenship Service has received about 82,000 applications from illegal immigrants hoping to qualify for the administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The first immigrants to win the reprieve were notified this week. They will be allowed to stay in the US for up to two years and be given permission to work. Applications can be renewed every two years.