Border & Immigration

More Than 355,000 Undocumented Immigrants Accepted For DACA

By John Rosman / Digital Editor, KPBS

Published December 14, 2012 at 12:37 PM PST

This story was published more than 11 years ago.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released the new numbers on the undocumented immigrants accepted for Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

As we defined in our immigration reform post this week:

DACA –- President Barack Obama’s executive order, announced in June 2012, to give work permits to young people brought to this country illegally as children. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program began accepting applications on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Since August, more than 355,000 individuals have been accepted for DACA. On average there are 4,433 requests a day. There are currently 157,151 DACA cases under review. You can see the numbers here.

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John Rosman is the digital editor for KPBS News. He oversees all news content on KPBS.org and across all digital properties. Prior, John was the social media editor for Fronteras Desk. Before heading south, John was a digital producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. There he led the flagship radio program Think Out Loud in all aspects of digital media. Working with OPB's cultural website, Arts & Life, he also produced multimedia features. By way of metro Detroit, John is a proud graduate of the University of Oregon's School of Journalism. He has worked as an editor in television and film. But he found his passion for public radio during a long winter, in a lonely hotdog stand. When John's away from the office, you can find him catching up on all the sun he missed in Oregon.

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