Urge the Department of Homeland Security to automatically extend work authorizations for current DACA recipients and issue written guidance that DACA recipients will not be enforcement priorities for removal while renewals are processed.

We strongly urge you to take administrative action to automatically extend work authorizations and issue written guidance.

Cortez Masto joined senators asking DHS to protect DACA recipients during renewal processing by extending work authorization and clarifying they would not be removal priorities.

DACA_-_Senator_Cortez_Masto.pdf
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Cortez Masto and Durbin led 39 colleagues in a letter to DHS and USCIS demanding reduced delays for DACA renewal applications.

Cortez Masto clearly took oversight action on DACA renewal delays, but the described ask was to reduce processing times and pending cases, not to automatically extend work authorization or issue the specific non-removal guidance described in the promise.

partial later_term A for effort

Cortez Masto, Durbin Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding DHS Reduce Delays for DACA Renewals - Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
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Cortez Masto called for immediate DHS action and said she was demanding protection for DACA recipients and action on backlogs.

This supports concrete public pressure on DHS to protect DACA recipients affected by renewal delays, but it still does not show the promised specific request for automatic work-authorization extensions or written non-priority removal guidance during pending renewals.

partial later_term A for effort

Cortez Masto, Gonzalez, FWD.us, and Impacted Families Call on DHS to Protect DACA and End Renewal Delays
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The senators urged Biden to protect TPS and DACA recipients and make it faster for DACA recipients to renew their status.

Cortez Masto previously urged executive action related to DACA renewal speed before the end of the Biden administration, which is related effort but short of the specific automatic-extension and written-guidance promise.

partial later_term A for effort

Senators Cortez Masto, Luján, Padilla Host Press Conference Highlighting Urgent Need for President Biden to Protect TPS, DACA Recipients
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DHS declined to codify automatic temporary extension of deferred action or EADs for DACA renewal requestors.

DHS considered comments asking for automatic DACA renewal or EAD extensions, but expressly declined to adopt them. This shows the automatic work-authorization portion was not achieved by the 2022 DACA rule.

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Final Rule
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A pending DACA request does not authorize interim benefits such as employment authorization or advance parole.

The current DACA regulation, displayed as up to date as of June 18, 2026, confirms pending DACA requests do not confer interim employment authorization. It also says current grants expire on existing terms, undercutting the promised automatic extension.

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8 CFR Part 236 Subpart C -- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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DACA is enforcement discretion not to pursue removal for a limited period, but DHS may still commence proceedings at any time.

The regulation gives current DACA recipients forbearance during the grant period and limits some use of application information, but it does not provide the promised categorical written assurance that DACA recipients with pending renewals are not removal priorities.

partial later_term

8 CFR Part 236 Subpart C -- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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