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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an American immigration policy that allows certain undocumented immigrants who entered the country before their 16th birthday and before June 2007 to receive a renewable two-year work permit and exemption from deportation. DACA does confer non-immigrant legal status but does not provide a path to citizenship. It was started by the Obama administration in June 2012. At the program's start, the Pew Research Center estimated that up to 1.7 million people might be eligible. , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has granted DACA status to about 581,000 people and denied to about 24,000. In November 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama announced changes to DACA which would expand it to include undocumented immigrants who entered the country before 2010, eliminate the requirement that applicants be younger than 31 years old, and lengthen the renewable deferral period to two years. The Pew Research Center estimated that this would increase the number of eligible people by about 330,000. ==Eligibility== To qualify for DACA, applicants must meet the following major requirements, although meeting them does not guarantee approval. * Came to the United States before 16th birthday * Have lived continuously in the United States since 15 July 2007 * Were under age 31 on 15 June 2012 * Have completed high school or a GED, have been honorably discharged from the armed forces, or are enrolled in school * Have not been convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanors In August 2012, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that as many as 1.76 million people could be eligible for DACA. Of those, 28% were under 15 and would have to wait until reaching that age to apply. In addition, roughly 20% did not meet any of the education criteria, but could become eligible by enrolling in a program before submitting their application. 74% of the eligible population was born in Mexico or Central America. Smaller proportions came from Caribbean and South America (11%), Asia (9%), and the rest of the world (6%). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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