US EditionNew DACA Applications to Be Processed for 1st Time in 4 Years
The Justice Department will accept new DACA applications nationwide except Texas, where work permits will be restricted for nearly 88,000 residents, amid ongoing legal challenges.
- On Monday the Justice Department proposed reopening DACA to first-time applicants in every state except Texas, with USCIS set to begin processing initial applications.
- After rulings by the 5th Circuit and U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, parts of DACA were found unlawful and new applications have been paused since 2021.
- More than 525,000 DACA enrollees include nearly 88,000 people in Texas, and prospective applicants must have arrived before age 16 and before June 2007 with a diploma or honorable discharge and no serious criminal record.
- Texas residents face deportation deferrals without work authorization, while current DACA recipients can still renew two-year permits, though moving to Texas risks losing work rights and the lawsuit remains pending.
- United We Dream reports at least 19 DACA recipients detained in recent months, while advocacy groups urged recipients to renew soon and noted DACA was created by the Obama administration in 2012 amid stalled reform.
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US will consider new applications for DACA for the first time in years
WASHINGTON — For the first time in four years, the federal government plans to begin processing initial applications for DACA, the Obama-era program that grants deportation protection and work permits to immigrants brought to the United States as children.
Trump Admin May Revive DACA Program
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that began under the Obama administration could resume under President Donald Trump, according to a court filing made this week. The Justice Department, in a document filed with a U.S. district court in Texas on Monday, said that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is planning to resume accepting and processing new applications for the DACA program, which was created in 2012 to prot…
U.S. will consider new applications for DACA for the first time in years
Under the government's proposal, DACA recipients who move into Texas risk losing their legal ability to work, while moving out of Texas could allow them to resume qualifying for a two-year work permit.
Immigration officials outline plans to accept new DACA applicants
Federal immigration officials have revealed plans to reopen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to new applicants to comply with a court order, though they cautioned the Trump administration retains the discretion to modify the Obama-era policy.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has made plans to accept and process new DACA applications from immigrants not enrolled in the initiative, which currently allows more than half a …
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