About the Survey

Each year, NILC collaborates with UC San Diego Professor Tom Wong, United We Dream (UWD), and Center for American Progress (CAP) to release a nationwide survey of DACA recipients.

Year after year, responses from across the nation demonstrate the profound impact that DACA has on recipients’ lives. Past surveys document the incontrovertible ways DACA protections have improved people’s lives and strengthened communities across the U.S., by empowering young people to pursue higher education, build careers, and care for loved ones.

At the same time, respondents also share the challenges that they face, when it comes to the toll of political attacks and living with chronic uncertainty about the future of DACA. Their firsthand experiences expose the critical need for Congress to deliver permanent protections and create pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and immigrant youth whose home is here.