Trump’s Mistake on DACA
President Donald Trump mistakenly said that foreign-born residents in the DACA program "could be 40 years old, 41 years old." In fact, they can be no more than 36 years old, because the program is only open to those born after June 15, 1981. On average, they are 25 years old. The post Trump’s Mistake on DACA appeared first on FactCheck.org.
At an immigration meeting with members of Congress, President Donald Trump mistakenly said that foreign-born residents in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program “could be 40 years old, 41 years old.” In fact, they can be no more than 36 years old, because the program is only open to those born after June 15, 1981. On average, they are 25 years old.
The Obama administration created the in 2012 to allow some people illegally brought to the U.S. as children to avoid deportation proceedings and obtain work authorization for two years, subject it would accept no new applications for the program and it would phase out the program for current recipients.
