If you own or work for a business that employs, or wants to employ, individuals who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), there are steps that you may be able to take to help some of your DACA employees secure their immigration status.
This guide outlines five ways to support current and potential employees with DACA, like sponsoring them for a visa or helping them access immigration services. We strongly suggest that all DACA recipients receive a legal consultation to determine the best path for them to move forward and how their employer may be able to support them.
For more than a decade, DACA has provided temporary protection from deportation and authorization to work to hundreds of thousands of Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States at a young age. However, DACA faces dire legal threats that could lead the Supreme Court to strip DACA recipients of their protections and work authorizations within the next two years. If DACA ends, the 580,000 current DACA recipients will be forced out of their jobs and be exposed to the threat of deportation.
DACA recipients need your help now. As an employer, you are in a unique position to support your DACA employees.