Help the Dreamers of DACA
What is DACA?
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a program which gives certain eligible undocumented people who immigrated to the U.S. as a child protection from deportation. The deferred action lasts for two years, after which the recipient has to request a renewal and may be eligible for a work permit. Across the country, this policy has given over 800,000 individuals the ability to stay in the United States since 2012.
What is the current status of DACA?
More recently, the Trump Administration has pushed to end the DACA program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded the program in 2017 and stated that it would no longer accept new applications in addition to announcing that renewals would be phased out. However, after after many plaintiffs argued for DACA and worked their way up the federal court system, the Supreme Court ruled that the manner in which the Trump Administration tried to revoke the program was illegal.
What does this mean for the future of DACA?
Although the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle DACA, the modified policy is allowing the administration to perform a "comprehensive review" of DACA on its legality. Currently, the administration is said to be accepting renewals. These new renewals, however, have been cut down from a two year status to a one year status.
Statistics
There are approximately 643,560 current DACA recipients, and 39,130 renewal applications pending.
There are approximately 42,540 DACA recipients with an EAD expiring by June 2020. Of this number, only 19,520 individuals (or approx. 46%) have a renewal application pending.
Approximately 8,210 renewal applications that expired before 3/31/2020 are still being processed.
