DACA’s First Birthday

Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. After organizing by immigrant youth and their allies, President Barack Obama announced on June 15, 2012, that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would not deport certain undocumented youth and that these youth would be eligible for work permits.

Click here for a snapshot of this program and DACA’s future.  From August 15, 2012, to April 30, 2013, 515,922 people applied for DACA and 497,965 have been approved. Mexico, South Korea, and the Philippines are among applicants’ top 10 countries of origin.

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