The Children of DACA - What do you need to know?
Who's been protected by DACA? Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established a program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) through the issuance of a memorandum on June 15, 2012 entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children.” The DACA program was by far President Barack Obama's signature immigration policy and benefitted approximately 800,000 young immigrants. It allowed the federal