In anticipation of an upcoming appeals court ruling that will likely strike down the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Biden administration is reportedly preparing directives to protect the hundreds of thousands of young people who have been able to work legally and live freer from the threat of deportation under the program.
Under the reported actions, the Biden administration would instruct federal immigration officials “to deprioritize deporting DACA recipients and refrain from deporting them if they aren’t deemed threats to public safety or national security,” NBC News reported Thursday.
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