Protesters with a sign saying "No Human is Illegal"
DACA Timeline
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
August 2001
In August of 2001 The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was proposed to the senate, but it failed because of filibusters and major stalling and it did not get the necessary votes. This Act was meant to help young immigrants brought to the US illegally find a path to citizenship.
Rally showing support for the DREAM Act
May 2007
In May of 2007 the DREAM Act was revived in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007. This Act was introduced by the 110th Congress. This Act was intended to provide a path to citizenship again for 12 million undocumented immigrants in the US, but it was not passed.
December 2010
In December of 2010 the DREAM Act was again brought up. This time the bill passed the House and got a majority in the Senate, but with only 55 votes, not the required 60. The bill was blocked by Republicans who either refused to vote or voted against it.
Barack Obama giving a speech about his new executive order DACA.
June 2012
In June of 2012, the president at the time, Barack Obama, established the immigration policy, DACA, as an executive order. This policy allows those that entered this country illegally under the age of sixteen to apply for a deferment from deportation for a two year period allowing them to get work permits. After the two years they can apply for a renewal, but all applications may not be approved. Those that are enrolled in the program are referred to as Dreamers because of the DREAM Act. Although the DREAM Act failed, its name still lived to represent those under the DACA order. Once approved, the DACA recipients could get a social security card, driver's license, and a work permit.
February 2015
In February of 2015, after the states that decided to sue to prevent the expansion of DACA, a judge decided against the expanding of DACA. The Obama administration misinterpreted the order from the judge and issued out 2,600 three year Employment Authorization Documents. All of these EAD's had to be returned and replaced with two year ones. If they did not return the three year one the USCIS terminated their DACA and all other employment authorizations.
November 2014
In November of 2014 Obama announced that he was intending on expanding DACA to cover other illegal immigrants, but several states immediately sued to prevent this expansion.
President Trump speaking on DACA and rescinding it.
January 2017
In January of 2017 Trump made a provision to Obama's executive order saying that the information of DACA recipients is no longer protected from ICE agents. This makes it easy for ICE agents to access their information
June 2017
In June of 2017 a group ten republican state officials wrote the administration a letter asking them to end DACA and threatening to file a federal lawsuit saying the program is unconstitutional if the administration did not respond.
Infographic showing the costs and effects of ending DACA
September 2017
In September of 2017, the current president, Donald Trump, rescinded DACA. He is giving congress six months to develop a new plan to replace DACA or just how to deal with the current population currently protected by the policy. So far nothing new has occurred. The six months will be up in March of 2018.
Works Cited
Bier, David. “How DACA Will End: A Timeline of Expiration.” Cato Institute, 21 Dec. 2016, www.cato.org/blog/how-daca-will-end-timeline-expiration.
“A DACA Timeline.” Create Infographic - Sign In, infograph.venngage.com/p/223544/a-daca-timeline.
“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Jan. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals.
“Flashback-Obama: DACA 'A Temporary Stopgap,' 'Congress Needs to Act'.” CNS News, 6 Sept. 2017, www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/flashback-obama-daca-temporary-stopgap-congress-needs-act.
Legomsky, Stephen. “Pardoning Lawful Immigrants For Minor Offenses.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 16 Jan. 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-legomsky/pardoning-lawful-immigran_b_14203040.html.
Schools, Rethinking. “800,000 Reasons To Teach About DACA.” Rethinking Schools, 8 Sept. 2017, rethinkingschoolsblog.com/2017/09/07/800000-reasons-to-teach-about-daca/.
“A Timeline On DACA.” The Odyssey Online, 8 Sept. 2017, www.theodysseyonline.com/timeline-daca.
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Walters, Joanna. “What Is Daca and Who Are the Dreamers?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 14 Sept. 2017, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/04/donald-trump-what-is-daca-dreamers.