jan 1, 2012 - 2012 - The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows US residents brought illegally as children to defer their deportation for a renewable two-year period. As a result, it in a sense grants amnesty to those individuals, and also allows them to obtain work permits. A plan currently exists to stop the DACA plan, but it has been put on hold repeatedly.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 2012
Now
~ 13 years ago