The Department of Homeland Security yesterday released two memos implementing a pair of executive orders signed last month by President Trump.

The orders direct immigration agents, customs officers and border patrol officials to remove anyone convicted of any criminal offense and call for an expansion of expedited removals from the country. Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are reporting that the directives issued do not impact the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides a grant of deferred action to certain undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as minors. 

NASFAA has joined many others in advocating that DACA remain intact and will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide updates as they become available.

Publication Date: 2/22/2017