September 15, 2023 10:19 am
Since its inception under then-US President Barack Obama in 2012, DACA has come under legal challenge multiple times. Here is what it states, how it impacted migrants and what is likely to happen now.
October 20, 2022 12:21 pm
Arulanantham’s team had already concluded that the federal law against hiring people without legal status did not bind states, and they began holding listening sessions with scholars across the country to vet their reasoning.
January 10, 2022 10:00 am
The measure would allow noncitizens who have been lawful permanent residents of New York City for at least 30 days, as well as those authorized to work in the US, including "Dreamers," to help select the city's mayor, city council members, borough presidents, comptroller and public advocate.
November 13, 2019 10:43 am
The Supreme Court's conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections for 660,000 immigrants
August 18, 2018 9:13 am
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to stay and work legally under renewable permits.
August 04, 2018 9:49 am
Bates first issued a ruling in April ordering the federal government to continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, including taking applications.
April 03, 2018 7:45 am
"DACA is dead because the Democrats didn't care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon," Donald Trump said in a Twitter post.
March 06, 2018 12:30 pm
President Barack Obama introduced DACA in June 2012 by executive action, giving hundreds of thousands of people who came to the country illegally as children two-year, renewable permits to live and work.
March 06, 2018 8:04 am
A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals. Here is where DACA stands now.
February 27, 2018 9:53 am
Since it was introduced in June 2012, DACA has given hundreds of thousands of people who came to the country illegally as children two-year, renewable permits to live and work.



