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03-23-2020, 11:07 AM
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Due to the cancellation of public attention in the immigration service, the high-tech industry asks to protect dreamers and extend their DACA applications for two years, in response to the pandemic.

The request was made after the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the cancellation of all services to the public, including biometric fingerprinting.

The Deferred Action (DACA), which protects some 700,000 young people who entered before the age of 16 from deportation and who are known as dreamers, also grants a renewable employment authorization every two years.

"The news that USCIS is closing its offices due to the global coronavirus pandemic means that DACA beneficiaries, whose work permits and deportation protections that will be expiring in the coming weeks and months can no longer be renewed, puts tens of thousands of these people at risk of losing their jobs and being deported , "said Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us .

The FWD.us organization is a lobby group made up of leaders from the technology community, including Mark Zukerberg , founder of the social network Facebook; Reid Hoffman, founder of Linkedin; Erick Schmidt, President of Google; and Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox.

Schulte further said that, due to the public health emergency and the announcement in January that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ready to proceed in the event that the Supreme Court rules against DACA , "it is absolutely imperative that the Trump government withdraws its claim before the highest court of law and allows the program and its renewals to continue in force. ”


The President of FWD.us suggested that the extension of DACA benefits should be done immediately and automatically.

Schulte further said that, "while some categories of visas may be extended without substantial impact, DACA and other types of visas and programs would intensify the devastating consequences for our economy and our communities ."

"Failing to take steps to ensure that DACA recipients seeking to renew their permits can do so without interruption means that the government seeks to take advantage of the global health crisis to circumvent multi-court decisions that require USCIS to continue to process applications for renewal for DACA . "
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