Top Stories: DACA Renewal Deadline Hits; Dallas’ DocuFest Opens This Weekend
Local Audio Posts October 5, 2017 14The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Today marks the deadline for beneficiaries of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, to submit renewal applications. 124,000 people in Texas now benefit from the deportation relief program. The deadline applies only to DACA recipients whose benefits expire before March 5, the date President Trump announced the program will end if Congress fails to work out a solution.