May 21, 2024 · What is DACA? Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a deferred action policy implemented by the Obama administration in June 2012. It is aimed at protecting qualifying young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, temporarily shielding them from deportation and providing them work authorization with possible renewal every two years. DACA protections can be revoked ...

Dec 12, 2023 · The status of Dreamers covered under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has remained in flux since the program’s inception in 2012. In the absence of congressional action to provide DACA recipients with permanent status, this paper examines possible alternate pathways for DACA recipients to obtain legal status through work visas. Employment-based visas could serve … Continued

Jun 30, 2024 · DACA-eligible. Many estimates of the Dreamer population take into account only those who meet DACA eligibility criteria. The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) estimated that 1.2 million Dreamers would beimmediately eligible for DACA in 2023 if the program continued to accept renewals from current recipients and started accepting new applications.

Sep 20, 2023 · Fact Sheet on DACA: This fact sheet provides an overview of DACA’s creation and requirements, as well as relevant information on the broader Dreamer population. This fact sheet provides an overview on the current state of DACA, including legal challenges.

Jul 21, 2017 · Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) introduced the Dream Act of 2017, S. 1615, in the Senate on July 20, 2017. Congresswomen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-California) introduced the Dream Act, H.R. 3440, in the House on July 26, 2017. This bipartisan, bicameral bill would provide Dreamers — young undocumented immigrants who ...

Sep 14, 2023 · In determining that the Biden administration’s 2022 final rule on DACA was not materially different from the 2012 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memorandum establishing DACA, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen held that the new DACA rule, which was intended to fortify DACA, was therefore unlawful. While the 2022 rulemaking process – formal “notice-and-comment” rulemaking ...

Oct 6, 2022 · This means that current DACA recipients temporarily will retain protection from deportation and work authorization, as well as the ability to renew these protections, while the litigation continues – including a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. In so doing, the 5 th Circuit emphasized the reliance interests that current DACA recipients possess in these protections, citing the 2020 ...

Apr 15, 2022 · The final rule maintains the current iteration of DACA and does not expand eligibility or other aspects of the program. Initial DACA applicants are able to submit applications, but because the “July 16, 2021, injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas remains in effect, DHS is prohibited from granting initial DACA requests and related employment authorization ...

October 8, 2024 Dan Gordon Share Washington, D.C. — Thursday’s appeals court hearing on a challenge to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) accentuates the uncertainty Dreamers, their employers and communities face and the need for Congress to pass legislation to allow Dreamers to remain in the U.S.

Jul 17, 2021 · Overview On July 16, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ― a policy that allows undocumented immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as children to stay in the country ― is “illegal.” Hanen determined that the plaintiffs – a group of states led by Texas – had standing … Continued