Resource Page: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Michael A. Olivas
The following criteria should be satisfied before an individual is considered for an exercise of
prosecutorial discretion pursuant to this memorandum:• came to the United States under the age of sixteen;
• has continuously resided in the United States for a least five years preceding the date of this memorandum and is present in the United States on the date of this memorandum;
• is currently in school, has graduated from high school, has obtained a general education development certificate, or is an honorably discharged veteran of the Coast Guard or Armed Forces of the United States;
• has not been convicted of a felony offense, a significant misdemeanor offense, multiple misdemeanor offenses, or otherwise poses a threat to national security or public safety; and
• is not above the age of thirty.
Government materials:
DACA materials and applications, US CIS:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD
USCIS - Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Process FAQ
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD
USCIS powerpoint pamphlet (pdf)
I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=05faf6c546129310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=6ca66d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD
Materials from NGOs, Community Organizations, Professional Groups:
Ben Winograd, Busting Myths About Deferred Action, ImmigrationImpact.com, August 15, 2012, http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/08/15/busting-myths-about-deferred-action/
Michele Waslin, Can Deferred Action Beneficiaries Get Driver’s Licenses? ImmigrationImpact.com, August 14, 2012, http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/08/14/can-deferred-action-beneficiaries-get-drivers-licenses/
Muzaffar Chishti and Faye Hipsman, Key Factors, Unresolved Issues in New Deferred Action Program for Immigrant Youth Will Determine Its Success (DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2012), http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=903
Immigrant Legal Resource Center, DACA Criminal Bars Chart, http://www.ilrc.org/resources/daca-criminal-bars-chart
Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Updated: Understanding the Criminal Bars to the Deferred Action Policy for Childhood Arrivals FAQ,
http://www.ilrc.org/resources/understanding-the-criminal-bars-to-the-deferred-action-policy
AILA DACA Practice Advisory (August 20, 2012), http://www.legalactioncenter.org/sites/default/files/practice_advisory_dreamers_8-13-12_fin_0.pdf?utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=e387ea6aaf-AILA8_8_21_12&utm_medium=email
AILA Resources on Deferred Action (Updated 8/14/12),
http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspxdocid=40291&utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=b31a89462bAILA8_8_14_12&utm_medium=email
DREAMersRights.org (Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.), http://www.dreamersrights.org
Immigration Policy Center, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: A Q&A Guide (Updated),
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-qa-guide-updated
Updated Practice Advisory on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (D.C., Legal Action Center, August 10, 2012),
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/prosecutorial-discretion-and-executive-action-resource-page
Immigration Policy Center, Who and Where the DREAMers Are (July, 2012),
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/who-and-where-dreamers-are