This brief discusses pathways to adult and postsecondary education for undocumented youth, including those who did not qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Since 2012, DACA has provided work authorization and temporary relief from deportation to approximately 800,000 young immigrants—Dreamers—who came to the United States as children. Today, these young people are 25 years old on average and have been in the country for at least 10 years—much…
CLASP submitted this testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the hearing on the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
On September 5, the Trump Administration announced it would be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The president’s decision followed months of mixed messages. His public statements vaillated, even as he ramped up enforcement actions that terrorized the immigrant community. So what happens…
Documented individuals enrolled in postsecondary education—many of whom are also working—said DACA enabled them to access opportunities they otherwise couldn’t have. Despite its success, DACA is in danger.
On April 18, 2016, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that directly affects millions of families and children. In United States v. Texas, the Court will determine whether or not immigration actions announced by the Obama administration in 2014, known as the Deferred Action…
In these comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, CLASP expresses major concerns about the exclusion of individuals granted deferred action by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the DACA policy from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ list of…