DACA Archives

Capital punishment, immigration issues compel Iowa bishops to speak up

Jul 8, 2020

Iowa’s Catholic bishops are taking a prominent stand on three pressing federal issues, one involving the imminent execution of four federal death-row inmates, another on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and the third on the asylum system.

By Barb Arland-Fye

Trump expected to refile paperwork soon in his effort to end DACA

Jul 8, 2020

President Donald Trump is expected to refile paperwork during the second week of July to end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, following the Supreme Court ruling that his administration went about trying to end the program the wrong way.

By Carol Zimmermann

DACA ruling called ‘a beautiful moment’; concern about future remains

Jun 27, 2020

For Cinthia Padilla Ortiz, the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the DACA program was “an unexpected and beautiful moment” and left her feeling “that sense of hope in our community.”

By Juan Carlos Ramirez

Court’s DACA ruling takes recipients out of limbo, into a holding pattern

Jun 25, 2020

DACA recipients and advocates breathed a collective sigh of surprised relief June 18 when the Supreme Court ruled against efforts by the Trump administration to end the immigration program that has hung in the balance for the past three years.

By Carol Zimmermann

Young people call DACA ruling good news, but know battle for them not over

Jun 21, 2020

On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling said President Donald Trump could not stop the program with his 2017 executive order. DACA protects about 700,000 young people who qualify for the program from deportation and allows them to work, go to college, get health insurance and obtain a driver’s license.

By Betty Araya

DACA beneficiaries say court’s ruling keeps dreams alive for their future

Jun 20, 2020

DACA’s continuance had been in question as the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether President Donald Trump’s 2017 executive order ending the program was constitutional. President Barack Obama established DACA by executive order in 2012 to allowed young people brought into the country illegally as minors by their parents to stay in the United States.

By Kurt Jensen