On January 4, 2021, DHS announced that for I-9 purposes, Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients may present an
unexpired Employment Authorization Document (EAD) with Code C33
issued on or after July 28, 2020, along with an I-797 Extension
Notice that shows an additional one-year extension. This new
procedure is in response to a court order.
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Administration had not
properly terminated DACA, Acting Director of Homeland Security,
Chad Wolf, issued a memo explaining that the Administration would
be reviewing DACA and that until the review was concluded, DACA
would be restricted. No new initial applications would be accepted,
renewals (including renewals of EADs) would be limited to one year,
and advance parole would be issued only for urgent humanitarian
purposes, the memo stated. Then, in November 2020, a federal judge,
Nicolas G. Garaufis, ruled that Acting Director Wolf
had not been properly appointed and his
