Trump ends daca all you need to know about it and how indians are impacted

Trump ends DACA: All you need to know about it and how Indians are impacted

Trump ends DACA: All you need to know about it and how Indians are impacted on Business Standard. Move likely to impact 800,000 undocumented workers, including more than 20,000 Indian-Americans

Latest News With President Donald Trump’s reversal of an Obama-era executive order known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), worst fears of young immigrants seem to be coming true.

The historic move is likely to impact 800,000 undocumented workers, including more than 20,000 Indian-Americans who trusted the US government with their fingerprints and other personal information when they applied for DACA. Most of the immigrants protected by DACA, dubbed 'Dreamers', came from Mexico and other Latin American countries.

What is DACA? The DACA programme granted the undocumented youth temporary reprieve from deportation and the ability to legally apply for a job or get admission to educational institutions.

The programme grants them a two-year reprieve that can be extended by issuing them identity papers like driver’s licences, work permit and a social security number.

However, DACA does not provide beneficiaries legal residency in US. How could one enrol under the programme?

Click here to know how to enrol under the programme