On August 17, 2018, Judge John D. Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order granting the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the court’s order requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for initial grants of DACA benefits and for advance parole under the DACA program. As discussed in Mayer Brown’s Alert regarding the order, the court, in line with other courts that have reviewed the issue, did not grant the government’s motion with regard to applications for renewal of DACA benefits, which DHS must continue to accept.