DHS Implements Changes to DACA Program in Light of Supreme Court Ruling
Highlights
Department of Homeland Security releases a memorandum impacting DACA in response to a June U.S. Supreme Court decision
Homeland Security is undertaking a review regarding the future of DACA
Grants of DACA and associated employment authorization documents are reduced from two years to one year
All initial requests for DACA will be rejected and all pending and future requests for advance parole from DACA grantees will be rejected absent exceptional circumstances
In response to a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting an earlier attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on July 28 released a memorandum titled “Reconsideration of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children.’”
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