Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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FAQs
Community Education
- Juvenile Records: State by State
- "DREAMers: Protect Yourselves" Notario Fraud Flyer (Spanish)
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Are You Eligible? How Can You Get Ready To Apply?
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Are You Eligible? How Can You Get Ready To Apply? (Spanish)
Application Resources
- Preparing for my Deferred Action Application (Click here for the document in Spanish)
- Legal Worker Screening Form
- Self Screening Form
- Toolkit for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Workshops
Advocacy
- Comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' DACA/Lawfully Present Amendment
- Arizona’s Governor Brewer Aims to Prevent DACA Recipients from Obtaining Driver’s Licenses, August 22, 2012
Webinars and Podcasts
- DACA Updates Webinar (February 6, 2013)
- DACA Evaluation: Beyond the Numbers (January 23, 2013)
- Pod Cast: Preparing Your Organization for Deferred Action
- Catholic Charities USA Webinar: Information Session on the New DREAMers Immigration Policy (August 8,2012)
- Webinar: Update on Deferred Action for DREAMers (August 6, 2012)
Partner Resources
USCIS Resources
USCIS has developed a number of resources that further clarify the process and the evidence required. Materials are now available at www.uscis.gov/childhoodarrivals (www.uscis.gov/acciondiferida).
- Secretary Napolitano DREAM Memo, June 15, 2012
- USCIS DREAM FAQs, January 18, 2013
- USCIS DREAM FAQs, Spanish, June 15, 2012
- Revised Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Removable Aliens
- Press Release, EOIR, EOIR Statement Regarding Prosecutorial Discretion (November 17, 2011)
The following documents from USCIS were obtained by the Center for Immigrants’ Rights of Penn State University in response to a FOIA request. The documents include both National Standard Operating Procedures and Training Modules about DACA. We thank Shoba and her students for sharing these documents with CLINIC.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Resources
These following four documents from U.S.Customs and Border Protection were obtained by the American Immigration Lawyers Association in response to a FOIA request. We thank AILA for sharing these documents with CLINIC.
- CBP Memo on the Implementation of DACA, June 15, 2012
- CBP Guidance to Field on Encountering DACA-eligible Individuals
- Internal CBP FAQs on DACA
- CBP Handout to Individuals Who May Be Eligible for DACA, February 28, 2013