Please note that some of the details in these articles may be out of date.
Since its implementation in 2012 by the Obama Administration, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has been a topic of debate in the United States. The U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas has recently been at the forefront of major decisions regarding the program. On July 16, 2021, U.S. District … Read more
On December 4, 2020, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered full reinstatement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. A copy of the order can be found here. This order is a victory for DACA recipients and DACA-eligible youth as it reverses … Read more
On August 24, 2020, USCIS announced some updated procedures regarding DACA recipients. The most important change in USCIS policy is that USCIS will accept requests for advance parole from DACA recipients. You may access the full policy memo here. But USCIS cautioned that advance parole requests will need to establish “exceptional circumstances” in order to … Read more
On July 28, 2020, the Trump Administration announced that USCIS will: reject all initial DACA requests – applications by persons who have never before received DACA status. reject all applications for advance parole based on DACA, unless there are exceptional circumstances. approve DACA renewal applications for only one year, instead of two. These announcements appear … Read more
On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court handed a victory to DACA recipients, also known as “Dreamers,” in the case of Department of Homeland Security vs. Regents of the University of California. A full copy of the opinion can be found here. DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a policy … Read more
As we noted earlier, among the eight immigration cases pending at the Supreme Court is the question of whether the current administration’s attempt to end DACA was legally proper. The Supreme Court heard oral argument on November 12, 2019. The case focuses on two questions: (1) Are the courts even allowed to review the government’s … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has eight pending immigration cases, and we are likely to see decisions on most or all of them by June 2020, when the Supreme Court ends its current session. Here is a run-down of the eight cases: Perhaps the most anticipated case involves the future of DACA. The Supreme Court will … Read more