POLICY BRIEF: DACA Enables Mobility, but its Uncertain Future Undermines Benefits for Recipients

Bonnie Berman 10/14/2010:59 AM

In a new policy brief from the UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research, Erin R. Hamilton, Caitlin Patler, and Robin Savinar write that DACA recipients, without access to permanent legal status, experience ‘liminal legality’ characterized by chronic uncertainty and limited socioeconomic integration. Key Facts:

900,000 undocumented immigrants applied for DACA status between June 2012 and September 2018.
DACA has enabled substantial economic and educational mobility for many, but the program’s temporary and uncertain nature limits its full potential.
Replacing DACA with a permanent program that includes a path to citizenship would enable recipients to benefit more fully from educational and professional opportunities.

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