U.S. News and World Report recently sought insight from Reeves Immigration Law Group attorney Eric Welsh on how pandemic-fueled backlogs at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and long processing times for DACA renewals could cause DACA immigrants to lose their legal status.
According to Eric, if a recipient’s current status expires while they are awaiting renewal, they automatically become an undocumented migrant, otherwise known as “unlawful presence,” which can have a negative effect on their future opportunities to stay in the U.S. “Without the timely approval of a DACA grant, you’re going to have somebody who’s potentially going to be in jeopardy of removal, and even more immediately, a loss of a job and potentially out of status for any future immigration benefits,” Eric explained.
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