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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”). Antonella Demartini PA 800 May 22, 2013. 2 of 9. Agenda. What is DACA? Who is eligible? How is a DACA application filed? Why file? What are the concerns? What might the future hold? Questions?. 3 of 9. What is DACA?.

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”)

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  1. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) AntonellaDemartini PA 800 May 22, 2013

  2. 2 of 9 Agenda • What is DACA? • Who is eligible? • How is a DACA application filed? • Why file? • What are the concerns? • What might the future hold? • Questions?

  3. 3 of 9 What is DACA? • A directive signed by President Obama on June 15, 2012 • Temporary reprieve from deportation • Does NOT grant lawful immigration status

  4. 4 of 9 Who is eligible? • Age requirements • Physical presence requirements • Inadmissibility - E.W.I. or visa overstay • High school diploma /GED or honorably discharged veteran • Certain classes of criminal convictions

  5. 5 of 9 How is a DACA application filed? • Form I-821D • Form I-765/WS • 2 passport style photos • $465.00 • Identity/physical presence documents

  6. 6 of 9 Why file? • To become eligible for: • Social Security number • Two year work permit • Driver license (in most states) • Travel document (and possibility of AOS) • Possibility of program renewal in August 2014

  7. 7 of 9 What are the concerns? • Documenting removability. • Applicant and family members • Not guaranteed. • No appeal process. • Can be NTA’d. • No pathway to U.S. citizenship. • Misrepresentations = enforcement priority

  8. 8 of 9 What might the future hold? • DACA Stats • Comprehensive immigration reform? • S.744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, & Immigration Modernization Act • AILA – 8 points

  9. 9 of 9 Questions?

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