DHS response to Judge’s Order on DACA!

Judge Nicholas George Garaufis, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has issued an opinion regarding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restore DACA in full. On Friday, December 4, 2020, Judge Garaufis ordered DHS to take certain actions to implement his DACA opinion.

Here is the USCIS response to the Judge’s order, effective December 7, 2020:

• Accepting first-time requests for consideration of deferred action under DACA based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017, and in accordance with the Court’s December 4, 2020, order;
• Accepting DACA renewal requests based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017, and in accordance with the Court’s December 4, 2020, order;
• Accepting applications for advance parole documents based on the terms of the DACA policy prior to September 5, 2017, and in accordance with the Court’s December 4, 2020, order;
• Extending one-year grants of deferred action under DACA to two years; and
• Extending one-year employment authorization documents under DACA to two years.

Please review the USCIS news alert for more detailed information: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to December 4, 2020

 

 

Source of Information:

USCIS, 12/7/20, News Alert:

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to December 4, 2020, Order in Batalla Vidal, et al. v. Wolf, et al., 16-CV-4756 (NGG) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y.) and State of New York, et al. v. Trump, et al., 17-CV-5228 (NGG) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y.).