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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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ImmigrationProf Blog
The Saga of Dario Guerrero Meneses
Guerrero, photo APIf you blinked, you might have missed the story about Harvard University junior Dario Guerrero Meneses.Yesterday, the AP reported on how Guerrero, a DACA recipient, left the country…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Democracy & American DREAMers: DACA & Undocumented Latino Youth
Maria Chavez writes about "Democracy & American DREAMers: DACA & Undocumented Latino Youth" in this blog post.KJRelated articlesAs 'dreamers' renew status, they face both opportunities and fearsSome Undocumented Immigrants Can…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NPR: Mexican Government Pays DACA Application Fees for Some Mexican Citizens
NPR reports that Mexico is helping some of its citizens with paying fees to apply for relief under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Mexican consulates are helping…
Immigration View
Executive Action: Soon
Immigration reform is a topic that is as old as it is controversial. The administration of President Barack Obama, like the George W. Bush administration before it, has pushed for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
County-Level View of DACA Population Finds Surprising Amount of Ethnic & Enrollment Diversity September 2014 By Sarah Hooker and Michael Fix
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides temporary relief from deportation for certain unauthorized immigrant youth based on factors including their educational attainment or enrollment has prompted…
Immigration Blog
Immigration Reform Update
By Michael H. Neifach, Jackson Lewis P.C.
With comprehensive immigration reform legislation no longer a realistic possibility for the foreseeable future, the focus of advocates for reform has shifted to executive actions the President may take unilaterally…
Immigration Blog
House Republicans Pass Bills to Discontinue DACA, Provide Funding to Address Border Crisis
By Forrest G. Read IV, Jackson Lewis P.C.
House Republicans have passed a bill to suspend Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the program established by the Obama administration in 2012 that protects from deportation certain undocumented individuals…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA’s Exclusion of Criminals is Misplaced
Michelle Chen writes for the Guardian:With an out-of-session Congress deadlocked over immigration reform and right-wing lawmakers hell-bent on “sealing the border”, the White House faces intense pressure to do something…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA at the Two-Year Mark: A National and State Profile of Youth Eligible and Applying for Deferred Action
Fifty-five percent of the 1.2 million unauthorized immigrant youth who met the criteria for the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program at its launch in 2012 had…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Renewals Ramp Up
Nicole Prchal Svajlenka and Audrey Singer of Brookings report on dereffered action renewals. It’s been two years since the Obama administration announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a two-year deportation relief…