Biden Administration Appeals Order Barring First-Time DACA Applicants
September 10, 2021The U.S. Justice Department filed the appeal in response to a July ruling calling DACA illegal.
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Updates and news about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for U.S. immigrants.
#WeAreHome Campaign to Protect Undocumented Immigrants Goes Viral
September 10, 2021The social media campaign calls for a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants.
College Scholarships for DACA Students
July 20, 2021Each year, an estimated 98,000 undocumented students graduate from high school. Very few go on to complete a four-year education, but that is changing. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, or Dreamers — people who were brought to the… View Article
Judge Blocks DACA Program, Barring New Applicants
July 16, 2021A federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that the U.S. government can no longer accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a huge setback for immigrants who were brought to the United States unlawfully… View Article
Biden Administration Assigns More Immigration Officers to Process DACA Applications Amid Backlog
July 16, 2021The Biden administration said it plans to assign more immigration officers to process applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to get a handle on a backlog of tens of thousands of requests.According to a CBS News… View Article
Biden Meets With DACA Recipients At White House
May 14, 2021President Biden planned to meet with six Deferred Acton for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients at the Oval Office on Friday.The meeting comes as Biden pushes to secure DACA, an Obama-era program that protects certain young people from deportation who came… View Article
House Passes Bill With Path to Citizenship for DACA Recipients
March 18, 2021The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would provide legal status to DACA recipients, as well as to those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Join thousands of readers. Subscribe now to never miss a beat in… View Article
Biden’s Sweeping Immigration Agenda: Pathway to Citizenship and Shorter Green Card Wait Times
January 20, 2021President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping immigration plan shortly after taking office Wednesday that includes a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the country and eliminating lengthy green card wait times.Under the new plan, those living… View Article
Nearly 200 New DACA Applications Approved Since November
January 6, 2021Nearly 200 people had their Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applications approved in the final weeks of 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a court filing on Monday, marking the first wave of approvals since the… View Article
Judge Reinstates DACA, Allows First-Time Applicants
December 4, 2020A federal judge has ruled that first-time applicants for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, would be allowed to apply, after the Trump administration closed the Obama-era program to new applicants.Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in… View Article