DACA and DAPA allow individuals to apply for temporary relief from deportation if certain conditions are met. Both programs also provide eligible applicants with employment authorization.

DAPA was introduced via memorandum in November 2014, but was never implemented. The DAPA directive had been litigated in federal court, ultimately resulting in a deadlock with the Supreme Court.

More than 6.1 million U.S. citizens in states across the nation live with a family member who will remain in fear of deportation if the Supreme Court rules against DAPA in United States v.

DAPA would result in a cumulative gross domestic product, or GDP, increase of $164 billion, an $88 billion increase in incomes for all Americans, and create 20,538 jobs per year over the next 10 ...