DACA: A Deportation Relief Program in Limbo

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a deportation relief program that was initially implemented by the Obama administration in 2012, but which went through a series of legal challenges under the Trump administration between 2017 and early 2021.

Broadly speaking, DACA provides temporary amnesty to young immigrants known as Dreamers, who came to the US without legal documentation when they were minors.

Eligible Dreamers can apply to this program and will usually receive protection for 2 years with the possibility of extension, in addition to the possibility of applying for an employment authorization document and accessing other social benefits.

After an endless battle with the Trump administration, it appeared that DACA was definitely protected by local law, but that was not entirely the case. In July 2021, a Texas federal judge ruled against DACA and ordered the immediate suspension of new applications.

This ruling was a major setback for the Biden administration and clearly for Dreamers eligible to access this program for the first time.

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Biden’s new plan regarding DACA

Since the Texas judge’s ruling, the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) has received DACA renewal applications, but is not authorized to process new applications.

The Biden administration, in an attempt to protect this immigration benefit, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in September, stating that it would recreate and reimplement DACA from its roots.

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Will Biden’s new DACA strategy work?

With Biden’s new DACA plan comes new questions about its viability and whether or not it will be effective for young immigrants who have resided most of their lives in the US.

Well, there are several issues to consider:

• Regardless of whether the Biden administration recreates DACA, it still would not be a permanent protection for young immigrants but a temporary solution, which does not eradicate the problem entirely.
• The Biden administration plans to use the same parameters as the Obama administration and, therefore, hundreds of thousands of Dreamers would not be able to access this benefit because they do not meet the eligibility criteria.
• Dreamers continue to be conditioned to work or study legally by relying on USCIS processes when it comes to renewing their DACA permit or other documents.

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