The federal government is continuing to accept and process applications for former President Barack Obama’s deportation protection program for young, undocumented immigrants.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services “is still accepting/processing DACA requests under existing policy,” agency spokesman Steve Blando told Bloomberg BNA in a Jan. 23 e-mail. The deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program provides relief from deportation and work permits for renewable two-year periods.
As of Sept. 30, 2016, there are more than 750,000 immigrants protected under DACA.
President Donald Trump made a campaign promise of terminating DACA and Obama’s companion program—the deferred action for parents of Americans ...
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