{"id":443,"date":"2012-07-24T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:58:53","slug":"dream-act-deferred-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/dream-act-deferred-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Act- Deferred Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 15, 2012, by Executive Order, President Barack Obama announced that the Department of Homeland Security would begin placing selected young people whose achievements and\/or ties to the United States qualified them in a form of relief from removal called \u201cDeferred action<\/a>\u201d. Subsequently referred to as the \u201cDream Act<\/a>\u201d, the President\u2019s announcement is law by executive order, rather than a law passed by Congress, and remains effective until rescinded by another executive order or by Congressional legislation.<\/p>\n

Deferred action essentially provides a reprieve from removal to individuals who meet the stipulated guidelines. Qualifying under this Executive Order are those immigrants illegally present in the U.S. who are:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Currently 30 years or younger;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Have been in the U.S. for at least 5 years;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Arrived before they turned 16 years old; and<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED or are currently in school and don\u2019t have a criminal record<\/p>\n

Deferred action is not a lawful status in the United States and does not secure an individual\u2019s long-term presence in the United States. It simply means that the government will not initiate removal proceedings against an individual who meets the above criteria. Deferred action thus grants these individuals:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0The right to remain in the United States with the approval of the government (so long as this executive order remains in place); and<\/p>\n

–\u00a0The right to apply for and to renew work permits every 2 years upon showing \u201ceconomic necessity\u201d;<\/p>\n

Deferred action is a period of stay authorized by the Attorney General and an individual accrues no \u201cunlawful presence\u201d during this time period, thus shielding them at least temporarily from the harsh provisions of INA \u00a7 212(a)(9)(B).<\/p>\n

Deferred Action can provide relief to individuals who have not yet been placed in removal proceedings, but it can also provide relief to individuals currently in removal proceedings or those to whom a final order of removal<\/a> has been issued.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that more than a million undocumented immigrants across the United States will benefit under these regulations. While final guidance is forthcoming, requests for deferred action are likely to be made to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in some cases and to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in other cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On June 15, 2012, by Executive Order, President Barack Obama announced that the Department of Homeland Security would begin placing selected young people whose achievements and\/or ties to the United States qualified them in a form of relief from removal called \u201cDeferred action\u201d. Subsequently referred to as the \u201cDream Act\u201d, the President\u2019s announcement is law … <\/p>\n

Seguir leyendo \u00abDream Act- Deferred Action\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca","category-immigration-law","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12015,"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/12015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}