US EditionFederal government could resume taking DACA applications for permits to live and work in U.S.
More than 533,000 current DACA recipients and up to 1.1 million eligible people nationwide may apply again, but Texas applicants will not receive work permits due to court rulings.
- The federal government is expected to accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allowing some without legal status to live and work in the U.S. after a judge's order.
- Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have proposed plans to enable the acceptance of DACA applications.
- The program, started under the Obama administration, provides two-year, renewable permits for people brought into the U.S. as children without legal status.
- In Texas, new and renewal applications for DACA will be accepted, but recipients residing in the state will not receive work permits.
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Is DACA back? Here’s what to know about the latest change in the Obama-era immigration program
The federal government is expected to again accept new applications for a program that grants some people without legal immigration status the ability to live and work in the United States.Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have presented plans before a federal judge that would open the door again to accepting applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA.One state — Texas, where…
Federal government could resume taking DACA applications for permits to live and work in the US
The federal government is expected to again accept new applications for a program that grants some people without legal immigration status the ability to live and work in the United States.Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have presented plans before a federal judge that would open the door again to accepting applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA.One state Texas, whe…
According to the government's proposal, DACA beneficiaries moving to Texas risk losing their legal capacity to work, while moving out of Texas may allow them to resume qualification for a two-year work permit.
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Federal government could resume taking DACA applications for permits to live and work in U.S.
Expected changes to a six-year-old lawsuit in Texas against DACA could mean the federal government will resume taking new applications for the program that offers people without legal immigration status two-year, renewable permits to live and work in the U.S. legally.
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