Approximately 800,000 young unauthorized immigrants have received work permits and protection from deportation through the Deferred Action for Babyhood Arrivals program, or DACA, since its creation 5 years ago. And virtually 690,000 of these immigrants are currently enrolled in the program, according to new information from U.South. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The program'south future is uncertain later on President Donald Trump's recent annunciation of plans to phase information technology out. The U.S. government is not accepting new DACA applications and volition cease accepting renewal applications on Oct. five. Those currently enrolled in the program retain their benefits, which last for a total of ii years.

Trump has urged Congress to laissez passer legislation by March 2018 that would give legal status to unauthorized immigrants enrolled in DACA, and some members of Congress have said they plan to advise legislation along those lines. (DACA enrollees whose benefits elapse afterwards March 5, 2018, will be the starting time to exist dropped from the plan.)

In the new data, U.South. Citizenship and Clearing Services has for the first time released detailed demographic information about those currently enrolled in DACA, a group sometimes called "Dreamers." Here are some cardinal facts most these individuals, based on the new data.

Near 690,000 unauthorized immigrants were enrolled in DACA as of Sept. four. Although roughly 800,000 unauthorized immigrants take ever received benefits through DACA, virtually 110,000 of this group are no longer enrolled in the program. Virtually 70,000 former DACA participants did not renew their benefits or had their renewal applications denied. Another 40,000 have adjusted their legal status and obtained green cards, which grant lawful permanent residence. (Some unauthorized immigrants in the U.South. can obtain legal status by marrying an American citizen or lawful permanent resident, obtaining asylum, or receiving certain types of visas such every bit those given to victims of a criminal offence, among other ways.)

To authorize for DACA, enrollees must run across certain conditions, such as being enrolled in high school or having a high school diploma or GED equivalent, and not being convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or 3 or more other misdemeanors.

Electric current DACA recipients come up from around the globe, only more than nine-in-ten were born in Latin America. Mexico is by far the superlative country of origin for active DACA recipients (548,000), followed past El salvador (25,900), Guatemala (17,700) and Honduras (xvi,100). A significant number of DACA recipients besides hail from Republic of peru (7,420), Republic of korea (7,310), Brazil (5,780), Ecuador (five,460), Colombia (v,020) and Argentine republic (3,970).

By region, nigh all current DACA recipients were born in Mexico or Cardinal or Due south America (648,430, or 94%). Another eighteen,940 (3%) were built-in in Asia, followed by the Caribbean (viii,350), Europe (5,190) and Africa (4,240).

Three-quarters of DACA recipients live in twenty U.S. metro areas.With 89,900 DACA recipients, the Los Angeles-Long Embankment-Anaheim metropolitan area had the largest number of active enrollees every bit of Sept. iv. That was nearly twice every bit many enrollees as the adjacent largest metro area, New York-Newark-Jersey Metropolis (47,200). Other superlative metro areas include Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (36,700), Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Country (35,800) and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin (34,100). The top metro areas of electric current DACA recipients are similar to those of the nation's unauthorized immigrant population as a whole.

Nearly half (45%) of current DACA recipients live in just two states: California (29%) and Texas (xvi%). Illinois (v%), New York (5%), Florida (four%) and Arizona (4%) also have meaning populations of agile DACA recipients.

Two-thirds of DACA recipients are ages 25 or younger, and a majority are women. Women make up a slight majority (53%) of active DACA recipients, while 47% are men, according to the tabulations from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The average age of "Dreamers" enrolled in DACA is 24 years old. Those 25 and younger make up ii-thirds of active DACA recipients – 29% are ages 16-20 and 37% are ages 21-25. Almost a quarter (24%) are ages 26-30, while one-in-ten (11%) are ages 31-36. (No DACA recipients are older than 36 because the program required applicants to have entered the U.Due south. before their 16th birthday and have been under the age of 31 as of June 15, 2012.)

Most current DACA recipients (83%) were unmarried at the time of their most recent application. Past contrast, xv% were married and 1% were divorced. (Less than 1% were widowed.)

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Gustavo López is a one-time research analyst focusing on Hispanics, immigration and demographics at Pew Inquiry Centre.