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In June, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to allow undocumented residents married to U.S. citizens and who have lived in the country for at least 10 years to apply for legal residency.
To apply for DACA, eligible individuals must pay a $495 application fee, submit several forms, and produce documents showing they meet the requirements. They do not need legal representation. The program does not currently provide permanent lawful status or a path to citizenship, nor does it provide eligibility for federal welfare or student aid.
Of the 3.6 million undocumented parents eligible for DAPA, 2.2 million reside in states that did not join the lawsuit. [17] A 2016 study of the impact of DACA on labor market outcomes for immigrants found that if the same effects apply to DAPA as DACA, then DAPA could potentially move over 250,000 unauthorized immigrants into employment. [37]
Approximately 5,100 children with a detained or deported parent were in the public child welfare system in 2011. [27] Advocates for reducing immigration have, however, argued that making family reunification migration easier would tend to erode important distinctions between citizens and non-citizens, and lead to higher overall immigration levels.
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More than 100,000 young immigrants protected by DACA will soon become eligible to receive federal healthcare coverage for the first time since the program was implemented over a decade ago.
The new pathways generally did not apply to those who, on January 1, 2021, were existing green card holders, had refugee or asylee status (which provide their own pathways to citizenship), were lawfully present in a nonimmigrant status, or were paroled into CNMI or Guam and did not reside there on November 28, 2009.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a 2012 program launched by President Barack Obama aimed at unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA), a 2014 program launched by President Barack Obama for immigrants who have citizen or permanent resident children. [3]