Category: DACA

Even though the Obama Administration has opted to postpone any executive action pertaining to immigration until after the November election, it is still expected that part of the eventual action will include expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA Deferred action is a discretionary decision by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to not… Read More

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) started on August 15, 2013. One year later, the numbers for August 2013 (PDF) show that a total of 588,725 applications have been received. Of those, 567,563 were accepted and 21,162 were rejected. The average number of applications accepted per day is 2,158. 

Following the results of the presidential election, the Obama administration released statistics (PDF) showing that 53,273 undocumented persons have received relief as of November 15, 2012, under the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program (PDF). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received more than 300,000 such requests, of which the largest number by… Read More