Headline Roundup January 14, 2018
DACA Recipients Open to Apply for Renewal
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Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would resume the application renewal process for illegal aliens seeking protection from deportation after being brought into the United States as children. These βDreamersβ, as they are known in some circles, had previously been shielded from deportation under President Barack Obamaβs executive order known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).
The Department of Homeland Security says it will once again accept renewal requests from recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in response to a court order.
The federal government said on Saturday that it would resume accepting renewal requests for a program that shields from deportation young immigrants who were brought illegally to the United States as children.