Category: DACA & Deferred Action Programs
There is a particular kind of anxiety that comes with waiting on the government. It is quiet at first. You mark a date on the calendar, reassure yourself that you filed on time, and get on with your life....
There is a particular kind of unease that comes from noticing a date you hoped you could ignore. It might happen while cleaning out your wallet or renewing a driver’s license, when your eye catches the expiration date...
It often starts with a small realization that lands hard. You are filling out paperwork at work, renewing a license, or checking an old email when you notice the date. Your DACA approval expired, and life...
It typically begins with a date circled on a phone calendar, one that looks harmless until it suddenly does not. A DACA expiration date has a way of sharpening the mind. The days feel shorter, the stakes...
Many dreamers think about travel for reasons that are anything but leisure—caring for family, completing a study program, or meeting a job requirement. Under today’s DACA travel rules, DACA recipients...
You are sitting at your kitchen table, the late afternoon sun running across a pile of bills, your work badge, and that familiar DACA card with its too-near expiration date. You know the renewal season...
Imagine yourself sitting and staring at your calendar. Your DACA approval is set to expire in four months. The work permit, the peace of mind, the legal status—it all feels like it’s hanging by a thread....
Your DACA expires in four months.
The news frequently discusses court cases. You are unsure about what to do.
DACA renewal extends your deportation protection and work permit for two more years. Courts...
The Justice Department has outlined a plan that could allow new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for the first time in four years. A federal judge in Texas will...
