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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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DACA Expected to Reopen: What Employers Need to Know About the Latest Legal Shift
By By: Nicole Fink, Philip K. Sholts
Quick Hits If approved, DHS plans to resume processing initial DACA applications blocked since 2021. Texas applicants would receive deportation protection only—no work permits or lawful presence. Established in 2012,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas
This story ("Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas") from the Los Angeles Times should make anyone with a heart want to cry. A…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Former President Obama Speaks out on Immigration
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) turned 13 yesterday. Former President Obama reminded us of DACA’s promise and the need for immigration reform Thirteen years ago, my administration acted to protect…
ImmigrationProf Blog
California Dreamin’: DACA’s Decline and Undocumented College Student Enrollment in the Golden State
Here is an article in the Journal of College and University Law that Bill Kidder and I did on the impacts of the slow demise of the Deferred Action for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: DACA Beyond Boundaries: Employment-Based Strategies by Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer
DACA Beyond Boundaries: Employment-Based Strategies by Jaclyn Kelley-WidmerAbstractDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a landmark immigration policy that has changed the lives of many young immigrants but is at…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MALDEF STATEMENT ON DEADLINE TO SEEK SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF FIFTH CIRCUIT DACA RULING
Image courtesy of MALDEF websiteDACA is dead! Even though the Supreme Court found that President Trump's effort to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy was unlawful, DACA…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Civil Disobedience if DACA Ends
As you know, the Texas challenge to DACA is on a path to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court has already signaled that it will strike down at least…
ImmigrationProf Blog
American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
Press release:Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) reintroduced the bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act of 2025, alongside co-authors of the bill, Representatives Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09), and co-leads, Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Zoe Lofgren…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Bill to Be Introduced to Protect DACA Recipents?
U.S. Representative. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) will introduce legislation providing relief to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. She first introduced the American Dream and Promise Act in 2021 and…
HR Defense
The Potential Impacts of President Trump’s Administration on DACA and Temporary Protected Status
President Donald Trump has indicated a strong intention to eliminate both the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs, which allow foreign nationals to temporarily…