We are pleased to provide updated DACA resources. Thanks to our partners at the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) for helping us develop these documents.

DACA Supreme Court Case Summary & Practice Update

On July 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) instructed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to reject all initial DACA applications, reject advance parole applications from DACA recipients except in exceptional circumstances, and shorten the DACA renewal and work authorization period from two years to one year.  

In this practice update, we provide background on DHS’ new announcement, what this means moving forward, what advocates can do now, and other takeaways from this announcement.
 

DACA Frequently Asked Questions

While the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on June 18, 2020 should have restored the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in its entirety, a recent announcement by the Trump administration has once again thrown the program and DACA recipients into limbo. This resource goes over frequently asked questions to help orient the community of this new change with DACA program.

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