On September 5, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump
Administration's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that had been in place since June
15, 2012. The Trump Administration states it will delay enforcement
of this decision for six months, allowing Congress a window of
opportunity to pass legislation to protect undocumented immigrants
who are currently covered by the program. As the Administration is
not immediately rescinding the program, those currently covered
will NOT be affected today, but may be as of March 5, 2018.
Background
The Obama Administration, through an Executive Order entitled
"Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to
Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children,"
created the DACA program. The program was established to address a
category of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as
children, often referred to as the "Dreamers." In order
to qualify for the
