DACA Recipients Can Now Apply for Renewal The Department of Homeland Security announced the news on Saturday. "Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided in this guidance, the DACA policy will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded on Sept. 5, 2017." Citizenship and Immigration Services The Obama administration launched the program in 2012 allowing children who were brought to the country illegally to apply for a work visa in order to prevent deportation. As of September, about 700,000 people are protected under the program.