Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
The Ins And Outs of DACA
Each and every day, we continue hearing and reading news and feature stories about DACA and that continues to create confusion and some false impressions. As of 2017, approximately 800,000 individuals were enrolled in the program created by DACA. As a DACA program recipient, you may be in limbo as to whether or not you will be able to remain in the ...
What is the DREAM Act and How Does it Differ From DACA?
The DREAM Act (short for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) is a proposal first introduced in 2001 to grant legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and who attended school here. Although Congress has proposed numerous versions of the DREAM Act since then, all of which would h ...
Keeping Informed About DACA
Since the Trump Administration first announced its plan to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, this has become a major topic of conversation in the U.S., and has resulted in a flurry of questions, misconceptions, and concerns. To give a little background, the DACA program was originally formed in 2012 through execut ...