Explore Immigration: DACA
DACA, an acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a policy that protects around 800,000 young people — known as “DREAMers” — who entered the United States unlawfully as children. The program does not grant them official legal status or a pathway to citizenship, but it does allow them to apply for a driver’s license, social security number, and work permit. DACA gives specific undocumented immigrants: 1) protection from deportation, and 2) a work permit. The program requires that the DACA status and work permit be renewed every two years.
- What is DACA? And Where Does it Stand Now?Here’s what you need to know about a program that protected from deportation people brought into the United States as children.
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- A Decade after DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students RisesA vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
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- Obama Marks DACA’s 10th Anniversary In Conversation With DreamersThe former president spoke with DACA recipients on the stage of the musical "¡Americano!," based on the life of Dreamer and political organizer Tony Valdovinos.
NPR presents opposing viewpoints in 'Sigh Of Relief' Or 'Slippery Slope': Advocates and Opponents React To DACA Ruling.