DACA BY THE NUMBERS

Over 800,000 people participate in DACA(1), Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

80% arrived when they were 10 or younger. The average came to the US when they were 6 years old (median: 6 years; mean: 6.5 years); 90+% are employed (full or part-time).

90+% are employed full or part-time.

49.9% are in school (over 50% of those are pursuing bachelor degrees). See Source (2) for more DACA BY THE NUMBERS.

Source (1): https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/All%20Form%20Types/DACA/daca_performancedata_fy2017_qtr2.pdf

Source (2):

https://cdn.americanprogress.org/content/uploads/2017/08/27164928/Wong-Et-Al-New-DACA-Survey-2017-Codebook.pdf