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Fifth Circuit Court upholds injunction in Texas v. United States: no DAPA for the near future
On November 9, 2015, another delay was announced to the implementation of President Obama’s proposed programs to allow certain individuals to apply for Deferred Action for Parents of Citizens and Residents (DAPA) and the expansion of the Deferred Action for...
Reminder! DACA Recipients with 3-Year EADs Issued AFTER February 16, 2015 Must Return Them to USCIS by July 17, 2015!
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced various steps that his administration would take to fix the U.S. immigration system through executive action. One such step was to extend the validity of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and its...
USCIS issuing “recall” on three-year DACA approvals, to replace with two-year DACA approvals
If the usual approval period for DACA is two years, why did some people get DACA approvals for 3 years? On Thursday, November 20, 2014, President Obama announced the steps his administration would take to fix the U.S. immigration system....
Injunction over DAPA and DACA expansion continues
USCIS has stopped issuing 3-year DACA approvals The uncertainty and delay over President Obama’s Deferred Action programs continue. Background On February 16, 2015, a Federal Judge for a District Court in Texas granted a request for a temporary injunction against...
District Court Ruling Delays DACA Expansion and DAPA
A Texas Federal Judge has granted a request for a temporary injunction against the implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of Citizens and Residents (DAPA) and the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) announced by President...
Ready for DACA Expansion? USCIS to begin accepting applications this month
Starting February 18, 2015, many Dreamers—those who were brought to the U.S. as children and have grown up in the U.S.—and who up until now have been ineligible for President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), will now be...
How has President Obama’s Executive Action affected the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program?
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced that he will take certain executive actions on immigration in the absence of a Congressional fix to our immigration system. See our blog post summarizing his entire announcement here. One of the changes...
Some DACA Beneficiaries may be allowed to join U.S. Military
The Pentagon recently announced the expansion of the Military Accesssions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program to allow beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to apply. The program allows the military to recruit certain legal aliens whose skills...
