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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: Indivisible: Love Knows No Borders
Indivisible is a high-definition, feature-length documentary film about the real people at the heart of our nation’s immigration debate. Renata, Evelyn, and Antonio were young children when their parents brought…
Inside Business Immigration
DHS Rescinds Memorandum Addressing Expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents
The Nov. 20, 2014 DAPA memorandum, which to date has not been implemented, directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) “to establish a process, similar to DACA, for exercising prosecutorial…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Arizona Court Strikes Down In-State Tuition for DACA Recipients
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Voice of DACA: ‘If We Are Deported, Who Benefits?’
Courtesy of Maisie Crow/ACLUImmigrationprof previously blogged about the revocation of Jessica Colotl's DACA status. Jessica offers her thoughts on Politico. Here is how she starts off:"Until a few weeks ago, I…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“Immigration Agents Came for Our Student” #FreeClaudia
Claudia Rueda is a Cal State Los Angeles student who - like many of the most vocal and passionate leaders of the grassroots immigrants' rights movement today - does not…
ImmigrationProf Blog
AILA Leaves Texas for 2018 Annual Conference, Citing SB 4
The Texas Tribune reports that the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the largest national association of immigration lawyers, will no longer be holding its annual conference for 2018 in Texas. …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Blog Post: From Undocumented to DACAmented: Can Changes to Legal Status Impact Psychological Wellbeing? by Caitlin Patler and Whitney Laster Pirtle
From Undocumented to DACAmented: Can Changes to Legal Status Impact Psychological Wellbeing?June 15 marks the 5-year anniversary of the DACA program. A recent study analyzes, for the first time, DACA’s…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Supreme Court Considers Cert Petition Raising Question Whether States Must Issue Driver’s Licenses to DACA Recipients
Can the U.S. government states to issue driver's license to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals? That is the issue raised in a certiorari petition filed by the state…
ImmigrationProf Blog
36,000 DACA Employment Authorizations Erroneously Issued for a Single Day
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center reports that, on May 23, 2017, USCIS learned of 36,000 employment authorization documents (Form I-765) for DACA issued in error with a validity date of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Did Jessica Colotl Wrongfully Have Her DACA Status Revoked?
In a photo provided by Ms. Colotl, sorority sisters from Lambda Theta Alpha at a rally supporting her in May 2010.Are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients safe in…