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The Trump Administration continues to receive major blows in federal court, both in the election and immigration contexts. On December 4, 2020, Federal District Judge Nicholas Garaufis ordered that the Trump Administration revert the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program back to its original incarnation from 2012.
First, we’ll give you the TL;DR on what Judge Garaufis’ decision means for immigrants right now, and then we’ll give you a summary of how we got here.
New DACA Applications
As of Monday, December 7, 2020, and until further notice, USCIS is accepting new DACA applications. If you qualify for DACA, find a lawyer and apply now. Judge Garaufis’s decision may not last forever, and it’s in your interest to protect your legal rights. If you can’t afford us and our prices are pretty competitive! we’ll gladly refer you to a nonprofit that can help you.
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On Friday, December 4, 2020, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reopen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to new applicants for the first time since 2017. This ruling follows other decisions affecting DACA applicants including a November 2020 federal court decision which found that DHS violated the Homeland Security Act of 2002 by suspending DACA.
It is estimated that there are approximately one million DACA applicants in the country and approximately 300,000 potential DACA applicants who were unable to participate in the program due to changes made by the administration in 2017. President-elect Biden has stated that he will, as one of his first acts in office, institute an Executive Order furnishing DACA applicants with a path to U.S. permanent residence and citizenship.