On June 15, 2017 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security by issuance of a memorandum rescinded the November 20, 2014 DAPA memorandum.
The DAPA memorandum directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) “to establish a process, similar to DACA, for exercising prosecutorial discretion through the use of deferred action, on a case-by-case basis,” to certain aliens who have “a son or daughter who is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.”
This process was to be known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or “DAPA.”
However, the June 15, 2012 DACA memorandum will remain in effect.
DHS has also indicated that (1) the deferred action (DACA), as an act of prosecutorial discretion, will continue to be granted on a case-by-case basis, and (2) such a grant may be terminated at any time at the agency’s discretion.
