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These are the people benefited by the decision of the US Supreme Court about DACA

2020-06-18T23:35:18.967Z


The Supreme Court blocked the Donald Trump government's attempt to end the DACA program. The court ruling by 5 votes to 4 will allow beneficiaries to continue renewing the membership ...


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(CNN) - The Supreme Court ruling this Thursday is a decision that hundreds of thousands of so-called dreamers across the United States have been waiting anxiously for years.

Since 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has protected many undocumented young immigrants from deportation. The 2017 announcement by the Donald Trump government of his plans to end DACA plunged their lives into uncertainty.

  • READ: The US Supreme Court blocks Trump's attempt to end DACA

On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end the program. The court's ruling of 5 to 4 will allow DACA recipients to continue renewing membership in the program and remain in the United States for now. But the Trump administration could move again to try to terminate the program.

Here are some key statistics about DACA beneficiaries:

About 650,000 are currently protected from deportation by the program

As of December 2019, there were 649,070 active DACA beneficiaries in the United States, according to government statistics.

81% were born in Mexico

However, DACA receptors are from around the world. The most recent report available from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services lists more than 190 countries of origin for program participants.

Almost half live in California or Texas

The largest number of DACA recipients live in California. There are 184,880 recipients of the program living there. Texas is in second place. That state is home to 107,020 DACA beneficiaries.

Together, California and Texas have 45% of the country's DACA participants.

An estimated 29,000 are health workers

This is a detail that the Center for American Progress and other advocates have pointed to for months as the Supreme Court decision loomed, warning that the court ruling could put thousands of healthcare workers on the front line. troops at risk of deportation during a pandemic.

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They are 26 years old on average

According to the latest available data from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the average age of DACA recipients is 26 years old. To be eligible for DACA, applicants must have arrived in the United States before the age of 16 and lived in the country since June 15, 2007. They could not have been more than 30 years old when the Department of Homeland Security enacted the policy in 2012. The United States Government stopped accepting new DACA applications in 2017, but has been allowing renewals as a result of court decisions.

They pay approximately US $ 1.7 billion a year in taxes

According to a 2018 report from the Institute of Taxes and Economic Policy, young undocumented immigrants who are enrolled in DACA and those who would be eligible for the program if they still accepted new applicants contribute about $ 1.7 billion annually in state and local taxes. That figure includes personal income, property, and sales and excise taxes, the institute said.

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More than 250,000 US citizens are children of DACA beneficiaries

According to an analysis by the Center for American Progress on government data, nearly 256,000 children who are US citizens have at least one parent who is a DACA beneficiary.

CNN's Ariane de Vogue contributed to this report.

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Source: cnnespanol

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