--- title: DACA: Clock Runs Out for Dreamers to Renew Paperwork description: For undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children, the clock to renew paperwork to avoid deportation runs out at midnight. canonical: https://time.com/4969492/daca-dreamers-renewal-deadline/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-05T14:55:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:55:37.073Z article:section: Politics og:title: Time Is Running Out for Dreamers to Renew Their DACA Paperwork og:description: Tens of thousands have not yet renewed. og:url: https://time.com/4969492/daca-dreamers-renewal-deadline/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ab803d6be8d3fc9/6988dc660b72e38eb46ef494/daca-hate-politics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5028 og:image:height: 2828 og:image:alt: Trump Immigration og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Time Is Running Out for Dreamers to Renew Their DACA Paperwork twitter:description: Tens of thousands have not yet renewed. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ab803d6be8d3fc9/6988dc660b72e38eb46ef494/daca-hate-politics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Time Is Running Out for Dreamers to Renew Their DACA Paperwork > Sponsored content. 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The Trump Administration announced Tuesday it will phase out the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA_ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 5, 2017 2:55 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 5, 2017 2:55 PM UTC For undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children, the clock to [renew paperwork](http://time.com/4941733/trump-daca-deal-enshrine/) to avoid deportation runs out at midnight. The Trump Administration set an Oct. 5 deadline for current recipients of the Obama-era [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals](http://time.com/4940903/trump-daca-program-protections/) program to renew their paperwork for another two years. So far, tens of thousands of [Dreamers](http://time.com/4927812/daca-dreamers-congress/) have not yet renewed. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that of the approximately 154,200 DACA recipients whose work permit and deportation deferment expired by their deadline, 106,000 had either applied or already had their request adjudicated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke said officials might extend the deadline on a case-by-case basis for the fewer than 20 DACA recipients from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who have not yet renewed, due to the devastation wrought by hurricanes Irma and Maria. Some 700,000 immigrants have been shielded from deportation under the DACA program. That freedom has allowed them to get jobs, attend school, and live without fear in the country many have called home from a very young age. Without DACA in place, the burden is now on the Congress to come up with a legislative solution. Two major bills are under consideration right now. Backed by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the bipartisan Dream Act would give undocumented people brought to the U.S. a pathway to citizenship if they meet certain conditions. Under that bill, anyone with DACA status right now would be eligible for conditional permanent resident status, as would people with temporary protected status and undocumented immigrants, including those with final removal orders. To qualify, a person would have to have entered the country before age 18, lived in the U.S. for four years before the Act went into effect, been admitted to college or obtained a GED/high school diploma. They would also have to have a clean criminal record and pass a medical and background check. A competing bill called the SUCCEED Act was introduced last week by Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and James Lankford. While their bill would also grant immigrants a path to citizenship — given they meet some requirements — earning it would take longer that it would under the Dream Act (15 years instead of 13). Also, once that citizenship is granted, immigrants would not be able to use their green cards to petition for their family members to be granted permanent residency. That provision, which appears to be supported by President Trump, addresses the issue of “chain migration,” a phrase often used by immigration hardliners to describe the way that citizens and permanent residents bring close family members to the U.S. > [](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/908676979561570304) At a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on DACA on Tuesday, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said any deal for Dreamers had to include robust border security, but not necessarily a wall, boosts to interior enforcement, implementation of the e-verify system, and a provision to speed up the immigration process — possibly by addressing the backlog in the immigration court system. “It would be a dereliction of our duty if we fail to take steps to end at least some of the illegal immigration as we know it, and kick the can down the road so that a future Congress has to address this very same problem again in another fifteen years,” Grassley said. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I will immediately terminate President Obama's illegal executive order on immigration. Immediately. We will immediately terminate President Obama's Two illegal executive amnesties, in which he defied federal law and the Constitution to give amnity to approximately 5 million illegal immigrants. Five million. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] They shouldn't be very worried, they are here illegally. They shouldn't be very worried. I do have a big heart. We're going to take care of everybody. We're going to have a very strong border. We're gonna have a very solid border. Where you have great people that are here that have done a good job, they should be far less worried. We're gonna show great heart. DACA is a very, very difficult subject for me. I will tell you. To me, it's one of the most difficult subjects I have. But you have some absolutely incredible kids, I would say mostly. They were brought here in such a way. It's a very, very tough subject. We are going to deal with DACA with heart. I have to deal with a lot of politicians, don't forget. And I have to convince them that what I'm saying is right. It's a very difficult thing for me because I love these kids. I love kids. I have kids and grandkids. And I find it very, very hard doing what the law says exactly to do. Well, I have a great heart for the folks we're talking about. A great love for them. I have a love for these people, and hopefully now Congress will be able to help them, and do it Properly. And, really, we have no choice. We have to be able to do something, and I think it's going to work out very well. And, long- term, it's gonna be the right solution. 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