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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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ImmigrationProf Blog
USCIS Releases DACA Toolkit
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released its new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Toolkit for Community Partners. The toolkit includes: DACA program overview, “How Do I Request Consideration…
ImmigrationProf Blog
USCIS Publishes Report on Characteristics of Individuals Requesting and Approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published Characteristics of Individuals Requesting and Approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This is USCIS’ first report about the demographic characteristics…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Statistical Analysis Shows Violence, Not DACA, Is Behind Surge of Minors at the Border
As the humanitarian issue unfolding at the border continues to draw concern, a new statistical analysis by the Center for American Progress shows that violence—not the Deferred Action for Childhood…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Finds DACA Plaintiffs Entitled to Preliminary Injunction to Receive Drivers’ Licenses in Arizona
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe Ninth Circuit's opinion in Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer reversed the denial of a preliminary injunction finding…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ninth Circuit: Arizona Cannot Deny Driver’s Licenses to DACA Recipients
The state of Arizona must grant drivers' licenses to undocumented immigrants granted relief under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The “White” Mexican: I didn’t know I was undocumented
In high school, David Martinez learned that he is an undocumented immigrant. Martinez says his friends "couldn't believe that someone like me, who looks so white, could be an undocumented…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA After Two Years
The American Immigration Council has released Two Years and Counting: Assessing the Growing Power of DACA by Roberto G. Gonzales, Ph.D. and Angie M. Bautista-Chavez. To date, more than 550,000…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Geoffrey A. Hoffman: Dear David Brat: What do you think Jesus would have done about Immigration Reform?
David Brat beat Eric Cantor on an anti-immigration reform platform. There is great irony here and hypocrisy. Brat with his master’s degree in theology has written about Jesus, Nietzsche, and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A DREAM Deferred: From DACA to Citizenship
A new report on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program -- "A DREAM Deferred: From DACA to Citizenship" by Appleseed and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.KJRelated articlesDACA…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Recipient can practice law in Florida
Undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children can become a lawyer in good standing in the state of Florida. Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed into law a bill allowing…