• Since being announced on June 15, 2012 DACA has provided temporary relief from deportation to approximately 800,000 young people across the country
• Each day approximately 122 people lose their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status. That is 851 people a week. This is because some young people have not been able to submit the complex and expensive renewals.
• Once DACA expires, these people lose work authorizations, access to driver’s license and are not protected from immediate detention and deportation—Center on American Progress
• The average wage of DACA status people is $17.46 an hour, resulting in higher tax revenue
• 72 percent were in higher education
• More than 1,800 governors, attorneys general, mayors, state representatives, judges, police chiefs have signed onto a letter supporting these dreamers –Newsweek
• An estimated 20,000 teachers are covered by DACA—many possessing Spanish-language skills in high demand. An October 6, 2017 Economic Policy Institute study indicates public schools are short by 327,000 educators—USA Today.
