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Research has shown that DACA increased the wages and employment status of DACA-eligible immigrants, [17] [18] [19] and improved the mental health outcomes for DACA participants and their children. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Research also suggests it reduced the number of undocumented immigrant households living in poverty. [ 23 ]
DACA supporters argue recipients should be granted citizenship, claiming they contribute to the U.S. economy and are constructive members of society. Others argue those with criminal records, at a ...
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.
As of now, about 530,000 people are in the U.S. under DACA. An estimated 84,000 have applications pending that were submitted in the time when prohibition on new applications was briefly lifted.
The DACA approval letter Cornejo and Lozano Chavez had been waiting for won’t come unless the ruling is reversed, effectively allowing first-time applications to be processed.
The American Dream and Promise Act is a proposed United States law that would incorporate the provisions of the DACA program into federal law. Up to 4.4 million DREAMers would be eligible for Conditional Permanent Residence or Temporary Protected Status. [1]
Participation was granted for two years with renewal possible. DACA grantees also got work authorizations and were eligible to receive Social Security, retirement, disability benefits, and, in certain states, benefits such as driver's licenses or unemployment insurance. DACA became a campaign issue in the 2016 United States Presidential election.
In 2016, the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 over an expanded DACA and a version of the program for parents of DACA recipients. In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that the Trump administration ...