DACA

Many youths who could benefit from the DACA program are not taking advantage of an immigration opportunity.

President Joe Biden has had a busy first few days in office. As part of his first acts, the president restored DACA and issued a moratorium on certain deportations for 100 days. Now, Bay Area advocates want to make sure immigrants have the correct information as to how this is all going to work.

The U.S. government says it has approved the first new applicants in several years to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people.

A federal judge didn’t immediately issue a ruling following a court hearing on the fate of a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children

A federal court will consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden

Fernando Navarrette is many things: a field deputy for LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino in the Wilmington area, Mexican-American, the son of a street vendor, and a DACA recipient.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is officially accepting new applications for the first time in three years after a federal judge fully reinstated the program. LX News welcomed DACA recipient Osiris Ordaz and Andrea Anaya, who is now eligible to apply for the first time, to discuss what the restoration of the Obama signature immigration policy means to them...

The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people, complying with a federal judge’s order.

A New York federal judge on Friday restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — which President Donald Trump has tried to end — in a court ruling that would swiftly grant thousands of immigrants whose parents brought them to the U.S. as young children the ability to continue to work and study in the country. U.S. District Judge...

President-elect Joe Biden nominated Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security. Here are five things to know about the former deputy secretary of DHS.

A federal judge in New York City on Saturday said Chad Wolf has not been acting lawfully as the chief of Homeland Security and that, as such, his suspension of protections for a class of migrants brought to the United States illegally as children is invalid. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that the Trump administration wrongly tried to shut down protections...

Biden promised to make immigration a top priority the moment he steps into office. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020.

With the elections just around the corner, DACA recipients fear the program that benefits thousands of young immigrants will be completely eliminated, if President Donald Trump is reelected.

Undocumented immigrants and DACA recipients are not eligible to vote in U.S. elections. But in Chicago, young immigrants like Esmeralda Montesinos and Giselle Rodriguez are joining citizens in efforts to ensure Latino immigrants who are now citizens show up at the polls.

The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two

Yamis Wadood, a Yale law student and member of the university’s worker and immigration rights clinic, speaks on the dire financial impact if Dreamers were suddenly not allowed to work.

The Supreme Court decision defending Dreamers was just the latest twist in a long battle over undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But how did the DACA program begin in the first place? And what happens next? Emily Tisch Sussman, legal expert and host of the podcast Your Primary Playlist, breaks it down.

DACA expert Jon Greenbaum explains the history of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
and why the ultimate fate of ‘Dreamers’ remains unresolved.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will renew his administration’s effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after the Supreme Court blocked the first try. In a tweet Friday morning, Trump said, “The Supreme Court asked us to resubmit on DACA, nothing was lost or won. They “punted” much like in a football game (where hopefully they...

Gabriela Cruz, a DACA recipient, and Daihana Estrada, whose parents were deported, explain how the uncertainty of living with an undocumented status affects people personally.