Ensure Access to DACA Act

Bill: 114-hr-6495
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2016-12-08
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Ensure Access to DACA Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide an alien who received a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and who filed a DACA renewal request within a specified time frame with a short-term, interim grant of deferred action and employment authorization if there is a service disruption that causes a delay in reaching a final decision that lasts for at last one week.</p> <p>Such interim renewal shall be effective until a final decision is made. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6495 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2016 Mr. Veasey (for himself and Mr. Castro of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to individuals who have timely filed a DACA renewal request, to provide a short-term, interim grant of deferred action and employment authorization when there is a delay in processing the renewal request because of a service disruption or other technical problem that causes adjudications to stop or stall.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensure Access to DACA Act . 2. Effect of delays in DACA renewal process In the case of an alien who received a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program established pursuant to the memorandum of the Secretary of Homeland Security dated June 15, 2012, and has submitted a DACA renewal request during the period beginning 150 days before the expiration date of their period of deferred action and ending 120 days before such expiration date, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a temporary, interim grant of deferred action (and work authorization if the alien previously had work authorization under DACA) if there is a delay in reaching a final decision on the renewal request because of a service disruption, or other technical problem, that causes adjudications to stop or stall for a week or longer. The interim renewal shall be effective until a final decision on the renewal request is made.