Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/daca/ Our Thing Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/daca/ 144 144 DACA Fees Officially Increase for the First Time Since 2016 https://remezcla.com/culture/daca-fees-increase-first-time-since-2016-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 17:04:45 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=368060 The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has officially moved forward with an increase in the total filing fee for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) as of April 1, 2024. Before this date, the cost to file a request (initial and renewal) was $495. However, after April 1st, the cost is $555 for

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]]> DACA_Rally_Politics WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Immigration advocates rally to urge Congress to pass permanent protections for DACA recipients and create a pathway to citizenship, near the U.S. Capitol June 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. In 2012, President Barack Obama and his administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, protecting eligible immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the DACA initiative in a 5-4 ruling. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Texas Judge Rules DACA Illegal (Again) — Here’s What This Means for Dreamers https://remezcla.com/culture/texas-judge-rules-daca-illegal-again-heres-what-this-means-for-dreamers/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:29:54 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=356652 On Wednesday (September 13), Texas-based U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful. This was the same conclusion Hanen reached in 2021, which prevented its expansion. DACA affects 579,000 “Dreamers,” children who were brought into the U.S. without documentation. Since this program has been in

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]]> DACA WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES- NOVEMBER 17: Pro-DACA protestors hold a march outside of the U.S. Capitol Building calling for a pathway to citizenship on November 17th, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) What Does It Mean to Codify DACA? — Here’s What You Should Know https://remezcla.com/culture/what-does-it-mean-to-codify-daca-heres-what-you-should-know/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:34:18 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=330502 The official codifying of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is only two months away. On Wednesday (August 23), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final regulation on the issue that will replace the Obama administration’s 2012 memo, which ruled that undocumented immigrants could live and work in the United States

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]]> DACA_Rally_Politics WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Immigration advocates rally to urge Congress to pass permanent protections for DACA recipients and create a pathway to citizenship, near the U.S. Capitol June 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. In 2012, President Barack Obama and his administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, protecting eligible immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the DACA initiative in a 5-4 ruling. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Google To Pay for 500 DACA Applications Through Grant https://remezcla.com/culture/google-pays-500-daca-applications-grant/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:00:10 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=297351 Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the tech giant, has vowed to pay for 500 DACA application fees, for a total of $250,000. The grant will be given to United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth-led community in the country, which works on behalf of undocumented youth. In a blog post via Google’s company news site,

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]]> header-google-daca Immigration activists and clergy members participate in a silent prayer walk in protest against the Trump administration's immigration policies outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices, housed in the Jacob Javits Federal Building, January 18, 2018 in New York City. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images From Colombia to Columbia: Santiago Potes Is the First Latino DACA Recipient to Be Named Rhodes Scholar https://remezcla.com/culture/colombia-columbia-santiago-potes-first-latino-daca-recipient-named-rhodes-scholar/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:06:32 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=295697 Santiago Potes, a 2020 graduate of Columbia University, was only four years old when his parents fled Colombia and brought him to Miami, Florida, to start a new life. Now, Potes can call himself a Rhodes Scholar–the first Latino DACA recipient to ever be awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. While at Columbia University, Potes studied

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]]> GettyImages-1403091943 Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Senate Hears Testimony In Favor Of Latino Museum & More in Today’s News https://remezcla.com/culture/senate-hears-testimony-favor-latino-museum-todays-news/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:03:40 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=294466 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other goings-on in the United States, Latin America, and the diaspora—all in one quick digest. Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today:

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]]> header-senate-hears-testimony-latino-museum U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) speaks at the Nevada Democratic Party's election results watch party at Caesars Palace on November 6, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Federal Judge Invalidates Homeland Security Secretary’s Suspension of DACA https://remezcla.com/culture/federal-judge-invalidates-homeland-security-secretarys-suspension-daca/ Sun, 15 Nov 2020 17:13:00 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=294246 On Saturday (Nov. 14), a federal judge in New York City struck down acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf’s suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in late July, calling it unlawful. The U.S. Supreme Court had already ruled the month before that the Trump administration’s decision to rescind DACA

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]]> “Home Is Here” Rally Held Outside Supreme Court As DACA Arguments Are Heard WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 12: Hundreds of people gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court to rally in support of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program as the court hears arguments about DACA November 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. The court heard arguments in the case that tests the legality of the DACA program, a federal immigration policy that has given protection from deportation to 700,000 people brought to the U.S. as children. The Trump Administration announced the end of the program in 2017. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Tucson Mayor Slams Trump for Owing City $80,000 From Rally Four Years Ago & More in Today’s News https://remezcla.com/culture/tucson-mayor-trump-owing-city-80000-from-rally-four-years-ago-today-news/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:41:18 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=292112 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other goings-on in the United States, Latin America, and the diaspora—all in one quick digest. Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today:

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]]> header-tucson-major-trump U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a Make America Great Again campaign rally on October 19, 2020 in Prescott, Arizona. Photo by Caitlin O'Hara/Getty Images Las Notis: Emmy Nominees Celebrate Recognition, the WH Refuses to Take New DACA Applications & More https://remezcla.com/culture/las-notis-news-roundup-july-29/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:50:56 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=283173 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other going ons in Latin America and the diaspora—all in one quick digest.  Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today.

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]]> header-dn3 Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla The Supreme Court Overturns Trump’s Decision to End DACA https://remezcla.com/culture/supreme-court-overturns-trumps-decision-end-daca/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:29:46 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=281904 On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled against Trump’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), calling his administration’s push to terminate the Obama-era program “arbitrary and capricious.” In 2017, Trump announced that he would phase out DACA, leaving more than 700,000 immigrants who had been granted permission to work and study under the

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]]> Supreme Court Rules President Trump Can Not End The Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program DACA recipients and their supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images