DHS lists DACA residents as low priority in removal
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is allowing public comments on the new DACA policy. The policy explains that DACA citizens do not take priority in removing them from the U.S. and introduces the idea of creating a process to defer removal that don't warrant removal.
Some contend that the immigration policies are humane and good for the economy, keeping vital workers who have lived in the country most, if not all, of their lives in the United States, while others…
Once again, numbers show DACA has been a positive force not just for recipients but for families and communities across the country. Through DACA, in which applicants receive a stay of deportation an…
Nearly 600,000 DACA recipients live across the United States, raise 300,000 U.S.-citizen children, and pay $9.4 billion in taxes each year.
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