Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: A Resource Page

In June of 2012, the Obama administration announced that it would accept requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an initiative designed to temporarily suspend the deportation of young people residing unlawfully in the U.S who were brought to the United States as children, have graduated from U.S. schools and generally match the criteria established under legislative proposals like the DREAM Act.   The implementation of the program is being carefully monitored by the Immigration Policy Center. This resource page collects IPC publications relating solely to DACA.

About Deferred Action

• Read DHS Sec. Janet Napolitano's memo announcing deferred action for DREAMers (June 2012)
• Read the IPC's Q&A Guide to Deferred Action for Immigrant Youth (August 2012)
• Read DHS's FAQ on deferred action for DREAMers (June 2012)
• Listen to experts discuss President Obama's annoucement on deferred action for immigrant youth (June 2012)
• Read the Council's explanation of the DHS announcement  (June 2012)
• Read the Council's statement on DHS's annoucement (June 2012)
• Read AILA's Consumer Advisory for young immigrants in English and Spanish (June 2012)
• Read our Prosecutorial Discretion and Executive Action Resource Page (April 2011)
• Read our revised Who and Where the DREAMers Are Fact Sheet (October 2012)
• Read our Economic Benefits of DACA Fact Sheet (August 2012)

From Our Legal Action Center

• Read our Legal Resources and Advocacy Page

Related Blog Posts

• President Obama to Halt Removal of DREAMers (June 2012)
• A Breakdown of DHS's Deferred Action for DREAMers (June 2012)
• President Obama Issued a Directive, Not an "Executive Order" or "New Law" (June 2012)
• Clearing the Air on Immigrants, the Military, and Deferred Action (June 2012)
• How the President's Deferred Action Initiative Will Help the Economy (June 2012)
• Administration Releases Details on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (August 2012)
• Why Deferred Action is Not Amnesty (August 2012)
• Can Deferred Action Beneficiaries Get Driver's Licenses? (August 2012)
• BREAKING: Deferred Action Request Forms Now Available Online (August 2012)
• Busting Myths About Deferred Action (August 2012)
• Sore Loser, Jan Brewer, Continues Anti-Immigrant Crusade (AZ Driver's Licenses) (August 2012)
• 5 Ways DACA Renews the Conversation on Immigration Reform (August 2012)
• Why Kobach's Lawsuit Against Deferred Action is Unlikely to Stand Up in Court (August 2012)
• Why States Should Grant DACA Beneficiaries Driver's Licenses (August 2012)
• What Early DACA Numbers Tell Us About the Future of the Program (September 2012)
• Author of Torture Memos Challenges Legality of DACA (September 2012)
• Pace of DACA Approvals Quickens, But Will it Be Fast Enough? (October 2012)
• Could DACA Have Happened Without Public Engagement at USCIS? (October 2012)
• Including DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform (November 2012)
• BREAKING: DACA Approvals Surpass 50,000 (November 2012)

The DREAM Act

For information on the DREAM Act, check out our resource page here.

Other Sites

• Find out if you are eligible for Deferred Action using this Online Tool from WeOwnTheDream.org
• If you want to find an immigration lawyer, check out this Online Directory from the American Immigration Lawyer's Association.

Published On: Thu, Oct 25, 2012