DACA renewal delays under Trump spark lawsuit
The groups say monthslong delays are causing thousands of recipients to lose work permits and deportation protections.
- On Thursday, immigrant advocacy groups sued the Trump administration, demanding answers about "severe delays" in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals renewals causing recipients to lose jobs, livelihoods, and legal immigration status.
- While renewal processing previously took about six weeks, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website data shows current median processing time is 2.7 months, though many applicants report waiting at least five months.
- Angel Ortega, a New York City teacher, filed for renewal about 110 days before his permit expired and remains jobless; the complaint also cites a medical graduate unable to begin his residency due to pending review.
- After the government missed a June 5 deadline to explain delays, two legal aid organizations filed the suit in the Northern District of California; the Department of Homeland Security maintains DACA recipients are not automatically protected from deportation.
- Shiori Akimoto, an immigration legal services program manager, noted the current adjudication process lacks previous reliability; until the government provides clarity, many recipients remain uncertain whether they will lose their ability to support their families.
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A number of pro-immigrant organizations filed a joint lawsuit against the Donald Trump Administration for delays in the renewals of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The plaintiffs argue that delays have left thousands of beneficiaries temporarily without permission to work and seek to have the federal government disclose information about the nature of the delays. DACA is a program created in 2012 and through an executi…
The delays of the USCIS Citizenship and Immigration Service of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA are generating concern among beneficiaries that allows undocumented youth who arrived in the country as children to stay, study and work legally, faces a slowdown in the renewal of their permits. Delays in renewal: Waits for up to six months DACA beneficiaries must renew their work permits every two years. However, processing times went…
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Immigrant advocacy and legal aid groups sued the Donald Trump government on Thursday, demanding responses to the “serious delays” in renewals for beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that are causing people to lose their jobs, livelihoods, and legal immigration status. Under DACA, more than half a million undocumented immigrants who meet the requirements and were taken to the United States when they were children are al…
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