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DACA Requestors with an IDENT Response

The following tables provide information on DACA requestors who received an IDENT1 response. 

USCIS administrative data and IDENT data were analyzed to determine if a DACA requestor received an IDENT 

response, when the IDENT response occurred in relation to an approval or denial of the DACA request, and the 

number and types of offenses associated with an arrest or apprehension of a DACA requestor. An IDENT 

response indicates that an individual, in this case a DACA requestor, was arrested or apprehended for a criminal 

offense or an immigration-related civil offense. These tables only analyze arrests and apprehensions, as not all 

IDENT responses include disposition of the arrest or apprehension such as conviction, acquittal, dismissal or 

lessening of charges.2 These tables present data on DACA requestors from 2012 to 2018.

3

 1 The Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) is the central DHS-wide system for storage and processing of 

biometric and associated biographic information for national security; law enforcement; immigration and border 

management; intelligence; background investigations for national security positions and certain positions of public trust; 

and associated testing, training, management reporting, planning and analysis, or other administrative uses. For the 

purposes of this analysis, IDENT provided electronic information from the requestor’s Record of Arrest and Prosecutions 

(RAP) sheet, where one was available.

2 Under long-standing DACA guidelines, not all convictions or arrests will necessarily result in a denial or termination, 

unless, as a matter of its discretion, USCIS determines that DACA is not warranted due to public safety, national security, or 

other discretionary factors on a case-by-case basis. However, pursuant to the DACA guidelines, an individual may request 

consideration for DACA if, among other things, he or she has not been convicted of a felony, a significant misdemeanor, or 

three or more non-significant misdemeanors. Please see the DACA guidelines archived on the USCIS website at 

https://www.uscis.gov/archive/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca.

3 USCIS analyzed of data from the Computer Linked Application Information Management System (CLAIMS 3), Electronic 

Immigration System (ELIS), and Customer Profile Management Service (CPMS) databases. CPMS data are as of November 

30, 2017; CLAIMS 3 and ELIS data are as of January 31, 2018 and February 1, 2018, respectively.
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Table 1: Number and Percent of Approved and Denied DACA Requestors with an Arrest

Number of 

Individual 

DACA 

Requestors

DACA Requestors Approved DACA Requestors Denied

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors

Approved

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors

Approved with 

an Arrest

Percent of 

DACA 

Requestors

Approved with 

an Arrest

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors

Denied

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors

Denied with 

an Arrest

Percent of 

DACA 

Requestors

Denied with 

an Arrest

888,765 770,628 59,786 7.76% 66,863 20,993 31.40%

Source: USCIS. Analysis of data from the Computer Linked Application Information Management System (CLAIMS 3), 

Electronic Immigration System (ELIS), and Customer Profile Management Service (CPMS) databases. CPMS data are as of 

November 30, 2017; CLAIMS 3 and ELIS data are as of January 31, 2018 and February 1, 2018, respectively. 

Notes: “Arrests” includes apprehensions. The number of individual DACA requestors is the number of unique Alien Numbers 

associated with DACA requests and does not represent the number of receipts, current approvals, or the number of current 

DACA recipients, as some recipients may have obtained lawful immigration status, failed to request renewal, or their 

renewal request may have been denied. Approved DACA requestors include those whose most recent DACA case status, as 

of the date the systems were queried, was an approval which will include individuals whose DACA expired and who did not 

request renewal. The number of denied requestors includes those whose most recent DACA case status, as of the date the 

systems were queried, was a denial or a termination. The number of approved and denied requestors will not sum to the 

total number of individual DACA requestors because some cases have another case status not shown in this table, such as 

pending or administratively closed. An arrest indicates the individual was arrested or apprehended only and does not mean 

the individual was convicted of a crime. Further, individuals may not have been charged with a crime resulting from the 

arrest, may have had their charges reduced or dismissed entirely, or may have been acquitted of any charges. Errors may 

result from the mining of complex text files.
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Table 2: Number and Percent of Approved and Denied DACA Requestors with Prior or Later Arrests (a)

Number of 

Individual 

DACA 

Requestors

Approved DACA Requestors Denied DACA Requestors

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors 

Approved 

with an Arrest

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors 

Approved 

with a Prior 

Arrest

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors

Approved

with a Later 

Arrest

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors

Denied with 

an Arrest

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors

Denied with a 

Prior Arrest

Number of 

DACA 

Requestors 

Denied with 

a Later Arrest

888,765 59,786 53,792 7,814 20,993 20,694 1,010

Source: USCIS. Analysis of CLAIMS 3, ELIS and CPMS data. CPMS data are as of Nov. 30, 2017; CLAIMS 3 and ELIS data are as 

of Jan. 31, 2018 and Feb.1, 2018, respectively. 

Notes: “Arrests” includes apprehensions. The number of individual DACA requestors is the number of unique Alien Numbers 

associated with DACA requests and does not represent the number of receipts, current approval or the number of current 

DACA recipients, as some recipients may have obtained lawful immigration status, failed to request renewal, or their 

renewal request may have been denied. The number of approved DACA requestors includes those whose most recent DACA 

case status, as of the date the systems were queried, was an approval, which will include individuals whose DACA expired

and who did not request renewal. The number of denied requestors includes those whose most recent DACA case status, as 

of the date the systems were queried, was a denial or a termination. The number of approved and denied requestors will not 

sum to the total number of individual DACA requestors because some cases have another case status not shown in this table 

such as pending or administratively closed. The number of requestors with a prior arrest and a later arrest do not sum to the 

total with an arrest because some individuals have had an arrest both before and after an approval or denial.

(a) An arrest before an approval or denial compares the earliest arrest date to the latest approval or denial date. An arrest 

after an approval or denial compares the latest arrest date to the latest approval or denial date.

Since 2012, about one percent of approved DACA requestors have an arrest in any given year. An arrest indicates the 

individual was arrested or apprehended only and does not mean the individual was convicted of a crime. Further, individuals 

may not have been charged with a crime resulting from the arrest, may have had their charges reduced or dismissed 

entirely, or may have been acquitted of any charges. Errors may result from the mining of complex text files.
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Table 3: Approved DACA Requestors with a Prior Arrest, by Type of Offense

Type of Offense

Number of DACA 

Requestors Approved 

with a Prior Arrest

Percent of DACA 

Requestors Approved 

with a Prior Arrest 

Driving-related (excl. DUI) 20,926 38.90%

Immigration-related (incl. civil and criminal offenses) 11,861 22.05%

Theft, larceny, etc. 6,629 12.32%

Drug-related (excl. DUI) 4,611 8.57%

Obstruction, fabrication, false claim, etc. 2,576 4.79%

Battery 2,503 4.65%

Driving under the influence 2,378 4.42%

Assault 2,007 3.73%

Disorderly conduct 1,667 3.10%

Vandalism 1,558 2.90%

Liquor-related (excl. DUI) 1,490 2.77%

Failure to appear (incl. civil and criminal offenses) 1,303 2.42%

Burglary 1,173 2.18%

Trespass, unlawful entry, etc. 1,007 1.87%

Weapon-related 979 1.82%

Resisting/interfering/evading police, etc. 977 1.82%

Offenses against family and children 816 1.52%

Fraud, money-laundering, corruption, etc. 713 1.33%

Contempt, bench warrant, bail, etc. 702 1.31%

Undefined threats, attempted crime/conspiracy, etc. 629 1.17%

Forgery, counterfeiting, etc. 615 1.14%

Undefined juvenile 561 1.04%

Undefined ordinance 497 0.92%

Stolen property 454 0.84%

Hit and Run 425 0.79%

Illegal sex-related acts 308 0.57%

Probation/parole/curfew violation, etc. 290 0.54%

Fail to comply/obey, etc. 226 0.42%

Robbery 187 0.35%

Sexual abuse, statutory rape, etc. 174 0.32%

Indecent exposure, lewd/lascivious acts, etc. 160 0.30%

Contributing to the delinquency of a minor 157 0.29%

Harassment, restraining order violation, etc. 140 0.26%

Reckless conduct/endangerment, etc. 119 0.22%

Loitering 115 0.21%

Embezzlement 95 0.18%

Kidnapping, trafficking, false imprisonment 95 0.18%
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Type of Offense

Number of DACA 

Requestors Approved 

with a Prior Arrest

Percent of DACA 

Requestors Approved 

with a Prior Arrest 

Riot, unlawful assembly, etc. 66 0.12%

Accessory, accomplice, hindering, etc. 43 0.08%

Motor vehicle theft 40 0.07%

Organized criminal activity 38 0.07%

Rape 31 0.06%

Gambling 30 0.06%

Arson 23 0.04%

Cruelty to Animals / Dog Fighting 22 0.04%

Gang 15 0.03%

Murder 10 0.02%

Child pornography 2 0.00%

Manslaughter / negligent homicide 1 0.00%

Total Number of DACA Requestors Approved with a Prior Arrest 53,792 (a) -- (b)

Source: USCIS. Analysis of CLAIMS 3, ELIS and CPMS data. CPMS data are as of Nov. 30, 2017; CLAIMS 3 and ELIS data are as 

of Jan. 31, 2018 and Feb.1, 2018, respectively.

Notes: This table summarizes offenses for those DACA requestors approved with a prior arrest (53,792) as of the date of the 

system queries. This table only includes offenses where the arrest date is prior to the date of the individual’s most recent 

DACA approval as of the system query date. The number of approved DACA requestors includes those whose most recent 

DACA case status, as of the date the systems were queried, was an approval, which will include individuals whose DACA 

expired and who did not request renewal. 

(a) 53,792 is the total number of approved DACA requestors with a prior arrest, not the sum of offenses (71,444). An 

individual is counted in more than one offense type if he or she was arrested for multiple offenses. Because some requestors 

were arrested for more than one offense, the total number of offenses is higher than the number of individuals. Where an 

individual was arrested for multiple counts within one of the offense categories in the table, then only one count for that 

category is included per individual. As such, the total number of individual alleged offenses may be higher than 71,444. 

(b)

Percentages are calculated by dividing the value in each offense type row by 53,792. The percentages do not sum to 100 

because some individuals have been arrested for multiple offenses. 

There were no specific offenses extracted from some individuals’ IDENT reports (3,281 individuals) due to limitations in the 

data. Some offenses were extracted from the IDENT report but not clearly defined (3,297 individuals), though these 

individuals may have other offenses reflected in the table. 

Offenses were categorized based, to the extent possible, on FBI guidelines. Offense type categories include attempted crimes 

of that type (e.g., attempted rape is categorized in the “Rape” offense type), except for murder. Attempted murder is 

categorized in the "Assault" offense type. “Driving-related (excl. DUI)” offenses include driving without a valid license, 

moving and non-moving violations, and speeding, among others. “Immigration-related” offenses include visa overstays, 

immigration holds, and removal and deportation proceedings, among others. An arrest indicates the individual was arrested 

or apprehended only and does not mean the individual was convicted of a crime. Further, individuals may not have been 

charged with a crime resulting from the arrest, may have had their charges reduced or dismissed entirely, or may have been 

acquitted of any charges. Errors may result from the mining of complex text files.
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Table 4: Number and Percent of DACA Requestors Approved or Denied, by Number of Arrests 

Number of 

Arrests or 

Apprehensions

Number of 

Individual DACA 

Requestors

Number of DACA 

Requestors 

Approved

Percent of DACA 

Requestors 

Approved

Number of DACA 

Requestors 

Denied

Percent of DACA 

Requestors 

Denied

0 797,297 710,842 89.2% 45,870 5.8%

1 60,286 42,707 70.8% 10,542 17.5%

More than 1 31,182 17,079 54.8% 10,451 33.5%

Source: USCIS. Analysis of CLAIMS 3, ELIS and CPMS data. CPMS data are as of Nov. 30, 2017; CLAIMS 3 and ELIS data are as of Jan. 

31, 2018 and Feb.1, 2018, respectively. 

Notes: “Arrests” includes apprehensions. The number of individual DACA requestors is the number of unique Alien Numbers 

associated with DACA requests and does not represent the number of receipts, current approvals, or the number of current DACA 

recipients as some recipients may have obtained lawful immigration status, failed to request renewal, or their renewal request may 

have been denied. Approved DACA requestors include those whose most recent DACA case status, as of the date the systems were 

queried, was an approval, which will include individuals whose DACA expired and who did not request renewal. The number of denied 

requestors includes those whose most recent DACA case status, as of the date the systems were queried, was a denial or a 

termination. The number of approved and denied requestors will not sum to the total number of individual DACA requestors because 

some cases have another DACA case status not shown in this table such as pending or administratively closed. An arrest indicates the 

individual was arrested or apprehended only and does not mean the individual was convicted of a crime. Further, individuals may not 

have been charged with a crime resulting from the arrest, may have had their charges reduced or dismissed entirely, or may have 

been acquitted of any charges. Errors may result from the mining of complex text files.
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Table 4a: Number and Percent of DACA Requestors Approved and Denied, by Number of Arrests (detailed)

Number of 

Arrests

Number of 

Individual DACA 

Requestors

Number of DACA 

Requestors

Approved

Percent of DACA 

Requestors 

Approved

Number of DACA 

Requestors

Denied

Percent of DACA 

Requestors 

Denied

0 797,297 710,842 89.2% 45,870 5.8%

1 60,286 42,707 70.8% 10,542 17.5%

2 18,025 10,803 59.9% 5,022 27.9%

3 6,956 3,598 51.7% 2,559 36.8%

4 2,996 1,420 47.4% 1,250 41.7%

5 1,459 639 43.8% 679 46.5%

6 774 292 37.7% 404 52.2%

7 386 147 38.1% 196 50.8%

8 230 76 33.0% 116 50.4%

9 157 53 33.8% 88 56.1%

10 71 27 38.0% 38 53.5%

More than 10 128 24 18.8% 99 77.3%

Source: USCIS. Analysis of CLAIMS 3, ELIS and CPMS data. CPMS data are as of Nov. 30, 2017; CLAIMS 3 and ELIS data are as of Jan. 

31, 2018 and Feb.1, 2018, respectively. 

Notes: “Arrests” includes apprehensions. The number of individual DACA requestors is the number of unique Alien Numbers 

associated with DACA requests and does not represent the number of receipts, current approvals or the number of current DACA 

recipients, as some recipients may have obtained lawful immigration status, failed to request renewal, or their renewal request may 

have been denied. Approved DACA requestors include those whose most recent DACA case status, as of the date the systems were 

queried, was an approval, which will include individuals whose DACA expired and who did not request renewal. The number of denied 

requestors includes those whose most recent DACA case status as of the date the systems were queried was a denial or a 

termination. The number of approved and denied requestors will not sum to the total number of individual DACA requestors because 

some cases have another DACA case status not shown in this table such as pending or administratively closed. An arrest indicates the 

individual was arrested or apprehended only and does not mean the individual was convicted of a crime. Further, individuals may not 

have been charged with a crime resulting from the arrest, may have had their charges reduced or dismissed entirely, or may have 

been acquitted of any charges. Errors may result from the mining of complex text files.