Trump administration sued over DACA renewal delays

ImmigrationTrump administration sued over DACA renewal delaysDACA recipients are pushing to get answers about the government’s delays in approving DACA renewals, which have led recipients to lose work permits and their jobs. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on Capitol Hill in 2022. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 25, 2026, 8:23 PM EDTBy Daniella Silva and Nicole AcevedoImmigrant advocacy and legal aid groups sued the Trump administration Thursday, demanding answers about “severe delays” in renewals for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients that are causing people to lose their jobs, livelihoods and legal immigration status.Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscriptionGet exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.Under DACA, over half a million qualified undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as young children are allowed to work and study in the country where they were raised without fear of deportation. But thousands of them have had their status lapse because of delayed renewals, which must occur every two years, resulting in the loss of their work permits and leaving them more vulnerable to detention and deportation.The delays have stopped a 26-year-old graduate from a top medical school from beginning his residency in anesthesiology while his DACA review is pending, according to the complaint, filed Thursday against ICE and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Another DACA recipient who graduated from an orthopedic surgery fellowship in New York has been unable to work since February and cannot begin his role at an underserved medical center in rural Pennsylvania later this year as he waits for his renewal, the lawsuit said.A 30-year-old man from Mexico who isn’t a party to the lawsuit told NBC News he was able to pursue a career in nursing after he obtained DACA shortly after it was im...