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Executive Order 13767Amended

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Memorandum

Barack Obama
June 15, 2012

Summary

While technically a DHS memorandum rather than a numbered executive order, this directive established the DACA program, deferring deportation for undocumented immigrants who arrived as children and met certain criteria. Protected approximately 800,000 Dreamers.

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