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handle is hein.crs/crsmthaaako0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Legal Sidebar The Obama Administration's Announced Immigration Initiative: A Primer On November 20, President Obama announced the commencement of a multi-pronged immigration initiative that could, among other things, enable a substantial portion of the unlawfully present alien population to obtain temporary relief from removal and work authorization. The new initiative also involves other actions, including narrowing the scope of aliens prioritized by federal immigration authorities for removal; using parole authority to allow certain aliens to enter or remain in the United States; and modifying rules relating to visa eligibility (or processing). This Sidebar provides a brief overview of the major components of the announced initiative. A CRS Report providing more extensive analysis is in preparation. Expanding Scope of Aliens Eligible for Grants of Relief under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Initiative: In 2012, the exe rnh lu nch he DACA iniiative, enabling many unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to be granted derratim (a type of relief from removal which does not confer immigration status) and work authorization. On November 20, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced modifications t these eligibility requirements. Under the expanded version of DACA, qualified applicants must have entered the United States before the age of 16, on or before January 1, 2010. Previously, to be eligible for DACA relief, an alien must have entered the country before the age of 16, and also have been born after June 20, 1981, and have been present in the country since June 15, 2007 (i.e., five years before the 2012 version of DACA was initially announced). Under the revised DACA initiative, first-time DACA applicants and those seeking renewal may be granted deferred action and work authorization for a three-year period, rather than a two-year period as had previously been the case. These modifications to the duration of DACA relief apply to all new DACA applications, as well as applications for renewal of DACA relief, bginning November 24. 2014. DHS intends to begin accepting applications under the new DACA criteria within 90 days of the announcement of this initiative. Establishment of a DACA-like Initiative for Unlawfully Present Alien Parents of U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs): The Administration has also announced the creation of a new. DACA-Iike initiative for unlawfully present aliens who are parents of LL. c(i tizens or LPRs(oeis L - 5__ - -e~s(sometimes referred to as legal immigrants) and continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 2010. To obtain relief under this initiative, the applicant must not fall under any of DHS's enforcement prioritization categories (e.g., has not been convicted of a serious crime), and present no other factors that, in the exercise of discretion, makes the grant of deferred action inappropriate. Applicants must also pay a processing fee for a background check and work authorization. DHS intends to begin accepting applications no later than 180 days after the announcement of this initiative. Modifying Immigration Enforcement Priorities: DHS has also issued a new guidance identifin categories of aliens whom DHS immigration officers should prioritize for apprehension and removal from the United States on account of immigration violations. The new Department-wide guidance identifies a narrower scope of aliens as removal priorities than some earlier priritizationguidelines issued by DHS components. Aliens who are deemed a public safety threat or who have engaged in serious criminal activity remain top removal priorities. However, aliens without legal immigration status who have been in the United States since 2013, and who have not engaged in specified criminal activity or violated a prior order of removal, are unlikely to be considered a removal priority. Replacing Secure Communities with the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP): The SeLure

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