daca
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, colloquially referred to as DACA, is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for an employment authorization document (work permit) in the U.S. To be eligible for the program, recipients cannot have felonies or serious misdemeanors on their records. Unlike the proposed DREAM Act, DACA does not provide a path to citizenship for recipients. The policy, an executive branch memorandum, was announced by President Barack Obama on June 15, 2012. This followed a campaign by immigrants, advocates and supporters which employed a range of tactics. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting applications for the program on August 15, 2012.
adding page via antero fb post – Every 18 months I am reminded I am not wanted here – jul 2023 – The psychological nightmare of renewing DACA – by antero and alix zine (?) la cuenta – anonymous author of this essay – [https://lacuenta.substack.com/p/every-18-months-i-am-reminded-i-am]:
For me, DACA meant I could secure internships. I could travel within the U.S. (flying outside of the U.S. without advance parole is not allowed). I could—finally—dream of having a career once I graduated.
Today, I live my life in 18 month chunks of normality. During this period, I get to live the life I lived while growing up, unbothered by my lack of documentation.
And when I reach the end of those 18ish months, about 6 months before my active DACA expires, I start to prepare for my renewal process. Every time, aware I’m closing in on the arbitrary deadline I’ve set for myself, I submit my renewal a little too late… a little too beyond the recommended 150 days prior to the active DACA expiration date
The [DACA] renewal process reminds me that I am not wanted here. The renewal process reminds me that I am not safe. The renewal process reminds me that my current existence is in the hands of USCIS. The renewal process crumbles any sense of safety and “normal” that I have created for myself.
And so, the renewal process is nothing less than a psychological nightmare.
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