President Biden Issues Memorandum Solidifying His Support of DACA Program

Among President Biden’s first actions upon being sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States was to issue a Memorandum to “Preserve and Fortify Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

In the memorandum, issued on January 20, 2021, his first day in office, President Biden calls on the Secretary of Homeland Security to “take all actions he deems appropriate, consistent with applicable law, to preserve and fortify DACA.”

While the Memorandum itself does not offer any substantive changes to the DACA program or change who is eligible to apply for DACA protections, it does solidify the new administration’s commitment to ensuring that the program continue.

For more information on the status of the DACA program, please see our prior post: https://www.kolkocasey.com/immigration-and-firm-news/daca-program-fully-reinstated, or please contact Kolko & Casey, P.C.

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Andrea Sweeney

Andrea Sweeney is a Senior Associate Attorney at Kolko & Casey, P.C. Andrea specializes in family based immigration matters as well as humanitarian and removal defense.

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