USCIS Approves 76,053 DACA Work Permits in Q2 2026
The Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved 76,053 Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program between April 1 and June 30, 2026. The majority of these approvals, 76,032, were for renewal applications, with only 21 being replacements.
No new initial DACA work permit applications were approved during this period. USCIS received 81,026 initial EAD applications under the DACA category but did not approve any, focusing instead on the backlog of renewal requests.
The total pending caseload for DACA work permits at the end of June 2026 was 231,872, which included 101,875 initial applications, 125,167 renewal cases, and 4,830 replacement requests. The denial rate for DACA applications was approximately 0.6%, with only 482 applications denied.
DACA approvals constituted about 20.8% of all EAD approvals issued in the second quarter of 2026.
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