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12 Sep 2012
The Department of Homeland Security has approved its first wave of applications from young illegal immigrants seeking to avoid deportation and apply for official work permits. The federal department is notifying its first set of applicants this week that they have been approved to remain in the U.S. for a two-year period as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
USCIS first started accepting applications for the DACA program three weeks ago. According to news sources, over 70,000 people have applied for the program. Background checks and fingerprinting are being conducted on each person applying for DACA consideration. The average wait time, according to the Department of Homeland Security is between four and six months. Applicants must have first come to the U.S. before they were 16 years old, be age 30 or younger and be high school graduates, in college or have served in the military.
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