Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Mexico reported that its consular network in the U.S. is prepared to support young people in need of assistance. consular to benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA, for its acronym in English?
The above after last December 4 the federal judge of the District Court in the Eastern District of New York, Nicholas Garaufis, ordered the U.S. Government to fully reinstate the DACA program, and continue its operation under the same terms that governed it until September 5, 2017.
With the decision, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted on its official websites on December 7, 2020, that it will accept DACA applications from first-time applicants again.
Similarly, DHS said that deferred deportation action and work permits for DACA recipients will be granted for a period of two years and not for one as announced in July of this year.
Thus, the Mexican government will strengthen the systems for issuing identity documents and other support, so that more Mexicans will benefit from DACA.
According to the most recent report available from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as of December 2019, there were 649,070 active beneficiaries from more than 190 countries.
Mexico is the country of origin of the largest number of young people receiving DACA benefits with 521,440, followed by El Salvador with 25,050, Guatemala with 16,970 and Honduras with 15,570.
It is worth noting that the largest number of DACA beneficiaries live in California, as 184,880 recipients of the program live there, while Texas ranks second with 107,020 beneficiaries. Thus, both figures add up to 45 percent of the participants.
According to the Center for American Progress, an estimated 29,000 health care workers are DACA recipients who are now on the front lines of those dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, risking their own health and lives.
