DACA Update: Texas Ruling, What is that Mean for DACA Recipients
Monday, July 19th, 2021
You may have already known that Federal Judge in Texas Blocked USCIS From Approving New DACA Applications. (article)
The following are key highlights of what the decision entails:
Current DACA recipients (approved on or before July 16, 2021) will NOT lose their deferred action or work authorization.
Those who have previously been granted DACA may continue to renew.
The Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, is permanently enjoined from granting DACA to new applicants as of July 16, 2021.
first-time DACA applications that were pending on July 16, 2021 will not be approved.
The Court remanded the 2012 DACA memo and the DACA program it created to DHS for reconsideration. The agency may develop a DACA policy that complies with the law.