On Sept. 27, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy first outlined in the 2012 Napolitano Memorandum. The DACA policy allows for certain young people who came to the United States as undocumented before they turned 16 and were generally low enforcement priorities to apply for deferred action, a form of prosecutorial discretion, and work authorization. If granted, applicants receive two years of protection from removal. Since the DACA policy was enacted in 2012, more than 825,000 individuals have successfully applied under the program.