The DACA program aims to protect the thousands of immigrants who have entered the US as children from deportation. It also allows them to work legally in the US. Though the program has brought assistance and hopes to many, others have been left questioning what will...
What kinds of changes to immigration policy can we expect under a Biden administration? According to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the incoming administration will focus on decreasing wait times to obtain citizenship, granting automatic green cards to protected...
DID DACA CHANGE? Did President-Elect Biden change DACA? That was his plan, but the Court beat him to it. USCIS has officially acknowledged that it is now accepting first-time DACA requests. See link: https://www.uscis.gov/i-821d CAN DACA RECIPIENTS GET A GREEN CARD? ...
Did DACA change? Yes, it did! On Friday, December 4, 2020, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, ordered USCIS to allow newly eligible immigrants to file new applications under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program....
In 2012 under the Obama administration, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was created to assist some individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children. DACA allows these individuals to receive a...
This year’s presidential election has one more significant stake – the fate of DACA recipients, otherwise known as “Dreamers.” The Supreme Court on June 17, 2020, rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to end the DACA program, handing a major victory to about 700,000...
