Their green card application is still pending They’re still waiting to hear back about their petition for asylum and they want to travel to Canada to apply for a U.S. immigrant visa They have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or are a recipient of DACA and wish to travel abroad They have...
Medicaid is a federal and state program that provides health insurance coverage for individuals with low income and limited resources. While DACA recipients are not typically eligible for Medicaid due to their immigration status, some states have chosen to expand Medicaid coverage to include DACA recip...
she’s graduated from high school and is now in college studying to be a nurse, like any other average American. “When I saw the official government statement about wanting to scrap DACA, my heart completely sank. I had a huge panic attack and even considered just dropping out of school,...
On a technical level, Rep. Judy Chu, D-California is concerned about the possibility that the Trump administration could DACA recipients’ information against them. She wants to make sure the information DACA recipients have already given the government won’t be used to deport them. As a resul...
Some Democrats have also demanded a legislative solution for so-called Dreamers and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Will there be a government shutdown? With the next short-term funding bill, a shutdown seems unlikely this month. Once an omnibus package is on the ta...
Manuel Bartsch, a DACA recipient who was brought to the U.S. from Germany when he was 11 years old, told CBS News that the president-elect’s flexible promises have given him some measure of hope. “He’s already flip flopped on a few things, such as Obamacare,” Bartsch said, “so...