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New DACA Resources on AdminRelief.org

New DACA Resources on AdminRelief.org

​On September 5th, 2017 the Trump Administration announced plans to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Some people still... read more

#DefendDACA: Volunteering and Resources in Chicago 

#DefendDACA: Volunteering and Resources in Chicago 

​This is a call to action. In 1969, our organization (Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights ) was founded in order to give voice to... read more

DePaul Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic on DACA Rescission

DePaul Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic on DACA Rescission

​On September 5, 2017, Attorney General Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will be rescinded.... read more

ILRC advisory on DACA Rescission

ILRC advisory on DACA Rescission

​What Do I Need to Know About the End of DACA? Community Advisory  9/5/2017 DACA... read more

Post-Election Resources

Post-Election Resources

​Frequent Asked Questions regarding DACA (by Informed Immigrant) Know your rights video both in English and Spanish (by The American Bar... read more

Texas v U.S. flyers

Texas v U.S. flyers

​Frequent Asked Questions: U.S. v Texas (English/Spanish)​ 4-15-16WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION MEANS FOR DAPA AND EXPANDED... read more

Think about it DACA - piensalo

Think about it DACA - piensalo

​Did you know that there more than 800,000 people eligible for DACA that have not applied? TELEVISA foundation created a bilingual... read more

Updated Fliers on Expanded DACA, Preparing for DAPA

Updated Fliers on Expanded DACA, Preparing for DAPA

​USCIS has posted two new fliers about expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and about Deferred Action for Parents of... read more

Resources for Executive Action on Immigration

Resources for Executive Action on Immigration

​Two fliers on President Obama’s executive action on immigration are now available on www.uscis.gov/immigrationaction. USCIS encourages... read more

La Orden Ejecutiva Sobre Inmigración

La Orden Ejecutiva Sobre Inmigración

​For a thorough explanation of the President's authority to act on immigration reform in Spanish, see La Orden Ejecutiva sobre... read more

Key Provisions of President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration Reform

Key Provisions of President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration Reform

​Key elements of President Obama’s plan for immigration reform, announced in a speech on November 21,... read more

President Obama will Create New Program to Shield 5 Million Immigrants from Deportation

President Obama will Create New Program to Shield 5 Million Immigrants from Deportation

​​In a speech tonight that will be broadcast by many television stations, President Obama will announce  a new program that will shield... read more

Impending Announcement by President Obama on Immigration Reform

Impending Announcement by President Obama on Immigration Reform

​​According to the New York Times, Obama administration officials have indicated that the President will soon make an announcement... read more

USCIS Message: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) FAQs and How Do I Guide Now Available In Multiple Languages

USCIS Message: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) FAQs and How Do I Guide Now Available In Multiple Languages

​​U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is pleased to announce that theFrequently Asked Questions and How Do... read more

Characteristics of Individuals Requesting and Approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Characteristics of Individuals Requesting and Approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

​U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published Characteristics of Individuals Requesting and Approved for Deferred Action for... read more

DACA Renewals Ramp Up

DACA Renewals Ramp Up

​​The Brookings Institute has developed a new DACA analysis, “DACA Renewals Ramp Up.”

Rewards and responsibilties for DACA beneficiaries

Rewards and responsibilties for DACA beneficiaries

​Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in many cases provides previously undocumented youth with work authorization and a valid... read more

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) PSAs

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) PSAs

The students and faculty of DePaul's Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media’s School of Cinema and Interactive Media,... read more

Calculate When Would Be the Best Time to Submit Your DACA Renewal Application to USCIS

Calculate When Would Be the Best Time to Submit Your DACA Renewal Application to USCIS

​​The National Immigration Law Center has a DACA Renewal Calculator available to help calculate the best time to file your DACA... read more

USCIS Announces the DACA Renewal Process

USCIS Announces the DACA Renewal Process

​​​On Thursday, June 5, 2014, USCIS announced a DACA renewal process and published a revised Form I-821D that... read more

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

​​​Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), announced on June 15, 2012, provides access to work authorization and... read more