The Department of Homeland Security has no intention to extend the renewal date for an executive amnesty program that shields younger illegal immigrants from deportation, a Trump administration lawyer confirmed Tuesday.
The government will keep in place the Oct. 5 deadline for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to renew their status, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate told a federal judge, CNN reported Tuesday.
Program participants whose deferred action status expires before March 6 have until Oct. 5 to update their status for a two-year period. People with status expiration dates of March 6 or later cannot apply for renewal under the time frame laid out by the Department of Homeland Security and following President Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA. – READ MORE
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