Tag Archives: DACA

Dream Deferred For DACA Recipients Until Congress Delivers Permanent Protection

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Commentary Beatriz Pascoal, New Jersey Monitor During this week’s State of the Union address, President Biden failed to commit to bold action to protect immigrant communities and instead celebrated anti-immigrant measures his administration has adopted. This sends a troubling message to the thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients like …

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DACA Déjà Vu: Biden Reaffirms, Doesn’t Expand, Migrant Protection Program

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Tristan Richards/Cronkite News, Arizona Mirror The Biden administration reaffirmed its commitment Tuesday to DACA, officially posting regulations to extend the 10-year-old program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants. The rule, which takes effect Oct. 31, makes few changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and …

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Biden Administration Takes Steps To Preserve DACA

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The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it is proposing a rule that would “preserve and fortify” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. DACA, which was created in 2012 through executive action by then-President Barack Obama, has allowed about 600,000 immigrants, most of whom were brought to …

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New DACA Rules Are Invalid

In a ruling on Saturday, a federal judge ruled that Chad Wolf was not legally serving as acting Homeland Security secretary when he signed rules limiting applications and renewals for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Those rules are now invalid. DACA is the program that started under the …

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