Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, certain undocumented immigrants who came to the United States before age 16 were made eligible for two years’ relief from deportation. However, DACA has never been a path to U.S. permanent residence, and is only temporary. What's more, the Trump Administration tried to limit or cancel this program, and in 2021 a federal court ruled it illegal and blocked new applications. Under the Biden Administration, people who already had DACA could continue to hold their work permits and renew. The incoming Trump Administration might change that. Learn more here.
Who is eligible, and how to apply for this protection against deportation.
Opportunities are ongoing for people who were brought to the United States by their parents to least renew DACA status.
If you received a work permit and temporary right to remain in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, that grant was temporary, set to expire after two years.
If you have applied for and received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), this could be the first opportunity you’ve had in a long time to travel outside the U.S. and return legally, using what's called Advance Parole.
My parents brought me to the U.S. from Mexico when I was a child, and I’m a student here, who has applied for and been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Understanding the limits of one's Social Security Number with no underlying DACA status.
Though the DACA program is ending, it may still help you stay in the United States.
Whether to inform your employer about an expiring work permit.
If you have applied for and received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), this could be the first opportunity you’ve had in a long time to travel outside the U.S. and return legally, using what's called Advance Parole.
My parents brought me to the U.S. from Mexico when I was a child, and I’m a student here, who has applied for and been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
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