Undocumented youths apply for work permits

UCLA student Justino Mora, 23, center, in red shirt, walks through the crowd as hundreds of young immigrants line up Wednesday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Mora is the student leader of the California Dream Network.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Selene Reyes, 30, right, of Los Angeles holds her 3-month-old son, Angel Barrera, as she waits to get inside the office of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Hundreds of youths started lining up at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday outside the offices of the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles to apply for a reprieve from deportation and get work permits on the first day of a new federal program.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Brenda Robles, 20, left, of Torrance and Alexandra De La Cruz, 21, of Hawthorne wait with hundreds of young immigrants lined up outside the offices of Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Alan Valdivia Mejia, left, receives help on his application from Ivan Corpeno at the CHILA office in Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Axel Cortes, 24, left, and Ditter Cortes, 26, both of Reseda, read as they wait in line to apply for a reprieve from deportation and get work permits on the first day of a new federal program.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Alan Valdivia Mejia, left, and Calderon Ferreira receive help on their applications.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Sitting on the ground are Griselda Lozano, left, 23, and Yesenia Lozano, 19, both of Riverside, in a long line around the block from the CHIRLA office in Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)