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Thousands of recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) are reportedly trying to keep or renew their permits to remain in the U.S., but the process has stalled because of a backlog of applications that piled up amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
CNN reported on Wednesday that around 13,000 renewal cases for DACA recipients have been pending for more than four months, according to correspondence from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), obtained by the network.
Thousands of first-time applications for DACA permits are also in the process of being reviewed, according to CNN.
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