DHS Proposes to Partially Reopen New DACA Applications Amid Pending Lawsuit

Under the plan, DHS would begin accepting new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications in all 49 states except Texas.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Washington on March 25, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has told a federal court it could, for the first time in four years, resume processing new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In a Sept. 30 filing with U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas, the department outlined a plan to partially reopen the Obama-era program, which shields certain people brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation and allows them to work.