DACA/DAPA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) offer certain immigrants protection from immediate deportation and other benefits. Learn more about these policies, how they affect America, and our work to strengthen them below.
New BIA Ruling on Advance Parole Narrows Legal Immigration Options for DACA Recipients and Others
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has overturned a 14-year-old precedential decision, limiting an important pathway to permanent residence for certain long-residing noncitizens, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. For years, “advance parole” has allowed some undocumented noncitizens—who previously entered the United States without authorization—to… Read More
The Dream Act: An Overview
This fact sheet provides an overview of the most recent version of the Dream Act and similar legislative proposals. Read More
Undocumented Students in U.S. Higher Education
This fact sheet looks at the population of undocumented students in higher education institutions across the country. Read More
Dream and Promise Act: A Chance for Congress to Protect Millions from Job Loss, Mass Deportation
Congress has a chance to take steps to protect hundreds of thousands of immigrants who are facing the likely prospect of job loss, arrest, and deportation after a Supreme Court decision last month empowered the Trump administration to dissolve the critical protections for nearly any reason. Beginning July… Read More
Dreaming in Nightmares: DACA Recipients Increasingly Targeted for Detention and Deportation
In 2012, the lives of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the U.S. as young children changed dramatically with the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program – an executive action that provided recipients protection from deportation and renewable work authorization. DACA has… Read More
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): An Overview
This fact sheet provides an overview of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and prior attempts to dismantle the initiative, as well as its current status. Read More
A Texas-Only DACA? Why This Imminent Ruling Could Upend National Policy
Tens of thousands of DACA recipients in Texas may soon be stripped of their ability to work in the U.S. lawfully—and the consequences won’t stop at the state line. In January 2025, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that portions of a 2022 DACA regulation –… Read More
DACA Recipients Keep Getting Detained, Despite Protections
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin recently told NBC News that “DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country.” Then she went further: any DACA recipient may be detained and deported, and urged them to self-deport. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,… Read More
Axel, a DACA recipient trying to protect his community
Since President Trump’s election, Axel Herrera has seen a growing number of local police traffic checkpoints popping up across his North Carolina community. As a DACA recipient, Axel has legal protection from deportation, but some of his friends and family members have already been detained or deported following random… Read More
Department of State Pauses Visa Interview for J, F, and M visitors
On Tuesday, May 27, the international exchange and education community was dealt yet another blow when the Trump administration temporarily paused scheduling new F, M, and J visa appointments.??Politico?reported?that a cable sent to all embassies and consular posts by Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for… Read More
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