11.11.6a Students from across the country rally in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019

In 2012, President Obama issued this policy that has become known as DACA, or consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It applied to a specific group of people in the United States whom the president wanted to protect from deportation. Who did this rule apply to? What conditions did applicants have to meet in order to be considered eligible? Based on reading this policy, which groups of immigrants would be considered ineligible? Why do you think the policy was intended specifically for young people and students? What could be the potential pitfalls of a rule that narrowly defines who is eligible and that does not provide a pathway toward permanent legal status or citizenship?

In 2012, President Obama issued this policy that has become known as DACA, or consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, after the Senate failed to pass the DREAM Act. It applied to a specific group of people in the United States whom the president wanted to protect from deportation. Students can read this document in conversation with Proposition 187, which was passed 18 years earlier, along with other key documents from your course that represent turning points in immigration history. The following questions can guide your students to make sense of this immigration policy: Who did this rule apply to? What conditions did applicants have to meet in order to be considered eligible? Based on reading this policy, which groups of immigrants would be considered ineligible? Why do you think the policy was intended specifically for young people and students? What were the effects of the program?

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