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Research has shown that DACA increased the wages and employment status of DACA-eligible immigrants, [17] [18] [19] and improved the mental health outcomes for DACA participants and their children. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Research also suggests it reduced the number of undocumented immigrant households living in poverty. [ 23 ]
More than 100,000 young immigrants protected by DACA will soon become eligible to receive federal healthcare coverage for the first time since the program was implemented over a decade ago.
Still, the elimination of expanded coverage, Pillai said, could leave thousands of uninsured DACA recipients in those states without an affordable option. She added that it’s unlikely that the ...
DACA supporters argue recipients should be granted citizenship, claiming they contribute to the U.S. economy and are constructive members of society. Others argue those with criminal records, at a ...
A package proposed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) that would have granted DACA beneficiaries a path to citizenship in return for a border wall and major cutbacks in family-based chain migration failed in the House with 193 votes, with 41 Republicans and all 190 Democrats voting no. [38] A week later, an even greater amnesty package sponsored by ...
Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), sometimes called Deferred Action for Parental Accountability, was a planned United States immigration policy to grant deferred action status to certain undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States since 2010 and have children who are either American citizens or lawful permanent residents.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children could face deportation if a legal challenge seeking to end the program is successful, unless Congress passes a law to ...
The American Dream and Promise Act is a proposed United States law that would incorporate the provisions of the DACA program into federal law. Up to 4.4 million DREAMers would be eligible for Conditional Permanent Residence or Temporary Protected Status. [1]