Posts tagged Legislation

Texas Federal Judge Hanen has put the DACA program on hold.

On Friday, July 16, 2021 Texas Federal Judge Hanen put on hold the DACA program, DHS may accept new DACA applications but it cannot approve new DACA applications. Judge Hanen has put the lives of thousands of Dreamers on hold. As of now, DACA Renewals will still be accepted and processed due to the injunctions from Batalla Vidal, which enables USCIS to accept and adjudicate a DACA application by anyone who has previously been accepted into the DACA program.

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Press Statement: Senate Begins Oral Hearing Over H.R.6 Dream & Promise Act

On June 15, 2021. The Senate Judiciary Committee began oral hearings over H.R.6 Dream & Promise Act. H.R.6 would allow nearly 650,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, as well as the 1.6 million eligible undocumented youth brought to America as children, a pathway to citizenship in the U.S.

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