Expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) In 2012, President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This is a deferred action program for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A young person meeting certain age and physical presence requirements may be granted deferred action for two years. Now President Obama will expand DACA eligibility to more people. The age restriction will be eliminated and the physical presence requirement will be adjusted. Deferred action will be granted for three years instead of two. Many had hoped that the President would extend deferred action to the parents of DACA recipients, but he did not. As discussed above, deferred action has been limited to parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:32:53 +0000
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