Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA). DACA was announced on June 15, 2012, and allowed young people between the ages of 16 and 30 on that date to apply and receive work documentation and a promise that they would not be removed from the United States. Travel Authorization to leave the United States could also be applied for after the DACA is approved. The rules regarding DACA are complicated and it is important that we carefully analyze your history here inside the United States. DAPA was proposed by President Obama in 2014 and would permit Deferred Action for parents of United States Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents. Before the program was started, a lawsuit was filed by several States seeking to stop it which resulted in a 4:4 split in the Supreme Court, President Trump eventually canceled DAPA in 2017.