Donald Trump He announced arrest and mass deportation orders to undocumented immigrants hardly arrived at the White House. However, there is a specific group of people covered by a law that left the management of Barack Obama.
Trump cannot deport these immigrants
The new president of the USA He had announced during his campaign the anti -immigrant measures that will take place during his next 4 years of presidency.
He Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) It is the government entity that is responsible for managing the deportation applications of foreigners detained.
In the history of USA Dozens of policies are implemented in favor of the undocumented, especially when it comes to children.
Most conservative presidents, such as Trump They sought ways to interfere with certain laws that protect these people, but very few have been the victorious.
One of the most controversial measures was left by the presidency of Barack Obama and it is the Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). All children who arrived illegally to the country due to their parents’ emigration are protected by law.
The benefits not only include access to a health program (so “Obamacare”) and a Social Security numberbut also the prohibition of being deported. That is, no government can expel them in the event that the regulations that must go through several points before entering into force are not modified.
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Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals
Children arrived in childhood, who are mostly adults, are known as “DREAMERS“(Dreaming in Spanish) and got the amparo through a USCIS application.
This means that all those who are protected by Daca had to cross a migratory process until they were recognized as such, so they would tell as documented In case ICE wants to deport them.
As reported CNNthe last measure that refers to the program was taken in 2022 and tried about the struggle to give all the beneficiaries a legal work permit. In turn, Biden defended Obama’s law during his management and appealed against the Texas ruling that claimed that Daca It is illegal.
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How can you access the DACA program?
The debate of this law during the management of Obama It generated a lot of stir in society. While a sector indicated that they were undocumented, the Democrats said that responsibility fell on parents and that the rights of children should not be violated.
Registration to the program was managed through Citizenship and Immigration Service of the United States (USCIS) And each applicant not only had to submit a application form, but to demonstrate that they arrived in the country under the conditions that the program Daca He considered as admissible. Consider the following points:
- Form I-821D, consideration of deferred action for children in childhood.
- Form I-765, request for employment authorization.
- Form I-765, worksheet.
- You entered the US illegally before turning 16.
- You lived continuously in the United States since June 15, 2007.
- You were in the United States on June 15, 2012.
- You did not have legal immigration status on June 15, 2012.
- You were under 31 years on June 15, 2012.
- You are in the United States when you request DACA.
- You have not committed any serious crime or important minor crime, or three or more minor crimes.
- You are a veteran of the armed forces or the coast guard discharged with honors, if applicable.
- You finished high school, you are currently studying or you have an equivalence certificate of high school (GED).
While the beneficiaries are protected by law, Trump could resume his fight for canceling the legitimacy of Deferred action for children’s arrivals (Daca). The decisions of the new president can take place over the next few years.
