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The number of children who have come to the U.S. alone during Biden’s tenure is far beyond anything seen before, including the migration surges of children during the Obama and Trump administrations.

Border and refugee agencies have struggled to keep up with the constant arrivals of children, with thousands coming per week. But the biggest impact of this influx may not be felt until years from now, when these children become adults and face potential deportation.

While 800,000 illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children have been protected under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from deportation, new children arriving are ineligible, cueing the need for a new DACA.

“Here’s the problem that this administration is not even realizing they’re creating the next generation of DACA,” said Rudy Karisch, a former senior Border Patrol agent who oversaw operations within the southern border’s top region for apprehensions.

“We have not even figured out what we’re going to do with the previous generation, and they’re creating the next generation.”

DACA was rolled out by Obama-era Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in 2012.

Congress is the only government entity legally allowed to set immigration levels, but after years of failed attempts to give legal status to immigrants who illegally entered the country, President Barack Obama acted. DACA allowed noncitizens who were then under the age of 31 and had entered America before turning 16 years old and before 2007 to request that the government not deport them.

DACA recipients also received documents to legally work in the U.S. The protections were good for two years at a time and then would require applying for renewal.

Former President Donald Trump entered office in 2017 and announced plans to terminate DACA. In early 2018, he asked Congress to provide $25 billion to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico and a handful of other demands to restrict immigration in return for a plan to provide a pathway to full U.S. citizenship for 1.8 million people illegal immigrants, including all DACA recipients. No deal was made.

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