Foreword
Congress has been considering ways to provide legal residency to certain qualifying undocumented migrants who entered the United States as children for nearly two decades. In 2012, after efforts to pass the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act to grant those children legal status, failed again, the Obama administration issued a June 15 memorandum instating provisions of it through unilateral executive action.
Undocumented U.S. residents who entered the country as children and met eligibility criteria could apply for two-year normalized residency status …