Bloomberg Law
Jan. 17, 2018, 7:10 PM UTC

Court-Ordered DACA Reboot Up and Running, Allowing Renewals

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

Young, undocumented immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program again can submit renewal applications if their DACA status has expired or is expiring in the near future.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Jan. 13 announced that it has restarted the DACA program following a court order earlier in the week that required it to do so. A federal judge in California said the Obama-era program providing deportation protection and work permits has to continue while a case challenging its termination goes forward.

The resumption of DACA is temporary, and a reversal of the lower court’s decision again could ...

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