{"id":18345,"date":"2017-09-06T18:41:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=18345"},"modified":"2017-09-07T14:41:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T14:41:37","slug":"deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Puts 7000 Indians on Verge of Deportation from USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
Earlier this year (2017), the US Department of Homeland Security released two memos directing the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to axe the number of undocumented or illegal immigrants in USA, including nearly 300,000 Indian Americans. <\/strong><\/p>\n The latest act of immigration reform in the Trump administration put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which protected 800,000 undocumented young immigrants from deportation till September 5, 2017. The discontinuation of the DACA program is likely to deport over 7000 Indians from the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n DACA is the abbreviation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a federal policy for the undocumented young immigrants who were brought to USA as minors. In 2012, the Obama Administration institutionalized the DACA program for their welfare<\/strong>. It allowed them to live, study and work legally in USA. Those applying for Obama\u2019s DACA program were required to face an investigation for if they had any criminal record or if they posed a threat to the national security.<\/p>\n Those who were able to get through vetting got exempted from deportation for two years and became eligible to apply for a driver\u2019s license and a work permit.<\/strong> The deferred action against their deportation was renewable for another two years. Only those who had lived in USA since the age of 16 and were under 31 years in age at the time of applying for the DACA program were eligible for the right to live, study and work in USA.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
What is DACA Program?<\/strong><\/h3>\n