Undocumented youth in the United States are young people living in the U.S. without citizenship or other legal immigration status. An estimated 1.1 million undocumented minors resided in the U.S. as o
Students protesting on behalf of the DREAM Act in Senator John McCain's office, May 2010
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals who, on June 15, 2012, were physically present in the United States with no lawful immigration
Undocumented youth in the United States
…education. These limitations with regard to citizenship frequently prove to be obstacles to the person's opportunity for social and civic engagement. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a program that gives undocumented individuals the ability to be legally present in the United States, giving them an SSN and a work permit. The…
A Form I-512L issued by USCIS in 2014, permitting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer to allow the named DACA recipient to enter the United States under the parole authority in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
A stamp applied to the Mexican passport of a DACA recipient entering the United States with Advance Parole at John F. Kennedy International Airport in January 2017, with handwritten annotations indicating the passport holder was paroled into the United States by a Customs and Border Protection officer.
Protesters outside Trump Tower in New York City, September 5, 2017
Protesters in San Francisco, September 5, 2017