This guide is intended to be a resource for students and other members of the Texas A&M Corpus Christi community who have questions about DACA or need help finding resources pertaining to citizenship status.
This guide is not exhaustive and not meant to represent the full spectrum of resources available to students and other community members.
This guide is based off of the Claremont Colleges Libraries' DACA research guide.
If you have questions, recommendations, or corrections, please contact Emily Metcalf at emily.metcalf@tamucc.edu.
DACA stands for "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals"
“On June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that certain people who came to the United States as children and meet several guidelines may request consideration of deferred action for a period of two years, subject to renewal. They are also eligible for work authorization. Deferred action is a use of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action against an individual for a certain period of time. Deferred action does not provide lawful status.”