Forty-one Democratic members of the US Senate have sent a letter to Angelica Alfonso-Royals, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), urging the agency to restart processing for new applicants for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
How We Got Here:
Three days before President Trump began his second term, a Fifth Circuit court affirmed a district court’s ruling that the DACA program is unlawful, however, the courts limited the decision to Texas, based on it being the only state to show injury from the Biden administration’s final rule which codified the Obama administration memo establishing the program. The appellate court’s ruling took effect March 11.
By the Numbers & What’s Next
- According to agency data, there are over 100,000 initial DACA applications pending with USCIS, as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
- The Senate Democrats’ letter urges USCIS to start processing these applications, if they haven’t already.
- Since 2012, more than 825,000 individuals have received deferred action under DACA.
Erickson Insights & Analysis
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