United States immigration policy that protects certain undocumented immigrants Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals who, on June 15, 2012, were physically present in the United States with no lawful immigration status after having entered the country as children at least five years earlier, to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for an employment authorization document. By 2026, there were approximately 500,000 people with DACA status. Wikipedia's most-read article for 2 days in a row: 1,064,965 views in all, peaking at 562,492 on September 6, 2017. Tue, Sep 5: 502,473 views Wed, Sep 6: 562,492 views Wiki link