The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is one of the more controversial programs in the federal immigration system. The citizenship rules regarding marriage throw another confusing wrinkle into the process. Marriage provides a layer of protection...
New Jersey bill would allow Dreamers to become police officers
Lawmakers in New Jersey are considering a bill that would allow immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to become police or corrections officers. The legislation has been proposed to address a law enforcement hiring crisis in the...
What is New Jersey DACA Form I-821D?
According to the New Jersey Office of New Americans, nearly 2 million refugees and immigrants live in New Jersey. Some of these individuals might benefit from learning about DACA-Form 1-821D, also referred to as the Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood...
The Dreamers 11 years after DACA
Dreamers is the term used to refer to the young people impacted by the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA executive order was passed by President Obama in 2012 after Congress failed to pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien...
How to renew your DACA status
Many New Jersey residents benefited from the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” or DACA program instituted by President Barack Obama in 2012. While the Trump administration stopped accepting new applications in 2020, President Biden reopened the program under...
New rule could give Dreamers access to subsidized health coverage
Approximately 580,000 people in New Jersey and around the country are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that President Barack Obama established by executive order in 2012. These people are known as Dreamers, and DACA allows them to live...
Proposed rule would give Dreamers access to health care
There are more than 600,000 people in New Jersey and around the country who have lived in the United States since they were children but are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. These people are known as Dreamers because they are protected by the Deferred Action...
Lawmakers are reluctant to take up the DACA fight
There are more than 610,000 immigrants in New Jersey and around the county who entered the United States when they were children and are protected from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was put into place by executive action...
The Battle for DACA: A Guide to Understanding
In 2012, the Obama Administration created a program, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals also known as DACA, to provide temporary protection from deportation to individuals in New Jersey and the rest of the U.S. who entered the U.S. as children and met specific...
Living in the United States can be mentally challenging
Undocumented immigrants living in New Jersey or elsewhere in the United States face a number of challenges that citizens or permanent residents may not. For instance, they face a tangible risk of being taken into custody with little warning. They may also be subject...
