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Trump officials are slowing renewals, narrowing deportation protections and ramping up enforcement against some DACA recipients.
And in Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court has delivered the program’s biggest challenge yet, ruling that DACA is illegal. Ongoing litigation is expected to stop Texas-based Dreamers from getting work authorization in the future.
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Joe Edlow, Trump’s current head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency overseeing DACA renewals, has called DACA “illegal” and “quasi-amnesty.”
Between the lines: Immigration hardliners think the administration is effectively ending DACA while trying to avoid political fallout.
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Zoom in: The Trump administration has used two key mechanisms to weaken protections for Dreamers.
1) Slower processing times on status renewals: Processing times are as long as six months for some Dreamers, leaving them in bureaucratic limbo while waiting for their renewals.
Processing data shows it used to be closer to a two-month wait. In the last quarter of fiscal year 2025, there were more than 120,000 pending cases.
DACA recipients must renew their status and work permits every two years.
2) Removing deportation protections: An April opinion from the Board of Immigration Appeals, the top federal immigration court, found that DACA alone does not shield Dreamers from deportation.
It advised judges not to automatically dismiss removal cases against Dreamers with valid DACA status.
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