How DACA Helps Curb Teen Pregnancy
Research shows the program, which protects undocumented young immigrants from deportation, encourages them to stay in school and delay parenthood.
DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is the Obama-era policy that allows 1.3 million undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to stay and work here legally. Those who meet the criteria are protected from deportation for a period of two years, which can be renewed.
The Trump administration plunged this program into a state of uncertainty last September. First, it announced the end of , saying the program wouldn’t be accepting new applicants and that everyone would be kicked out of the program starting of this year. However, a earlier this year the program’s termination, allowing recipients to continue to apply for renewals to their status, just as they had under Obama.
