DACA

Big plans to overhaul the immigration system have stalled yet again. So farmers and other groups are looking to the lame-duck session and hoping that more modest proposals can find bipartisan support.

Today marks 10 years since the Obama Administration granted temporary protections to undocumented residents brought to the United States as children

Golden Door Scholars, a nonprofit that provides financial assistance to college students who are in the U.S. illegally, is accepting applications until Oct. 10.

North Carolina ranks seventh in the country for most recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But a new court decision out of Texas has left the more than 12,000 immigrants in the state who are eligible for DACA, but have not yet received it, at a standstill.

A federal judge in Texas blocked new and pending applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals from being reviewed last Friday. The decision could affect the more than 12,000 in North Carolina who are eligible for the program and have not yet received it.

One day after a federal district judge in Texas ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, President Biden said the Department of Justice intends to appeal the decision.

Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis instructed the Department of Homeland Security to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as soon as Monday.

The Trump administration will reject new applications while it undertakes a "comprehensive review" of DACA, a senior administration official said Tuesday during a call with reporters.

The U.S. District Court in Maryland orders the Trump administration to restore DACA fully and begin accepting new, first-time applicants.

It has been nearly a month since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood…