82 FR 43556 - Notice of Availability for Memorandum on Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 179 (September 18, 2017)

In a memorandum dated September 5, 2017, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded the June 15, 2012 DHS memorandum entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children.'' The September 5, 2017 memorandum is available on the DHS Web site at the following location: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/05/memorandum- rescission-daca.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 179 (Monday, September 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 43556]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19794]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Availability for Memorandum on Rescission of Deferred 
Action for Childhood Arrivals

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In a memorandum dated September 5, 2017, the Acting Secretary 
of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded the June 15, 
2012 DHS memorandum entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children.'' The 
September 5, 2017 memorandum is available on the DHS Web site at the 
following location: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/05/memorandum-rescission-daca.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 2012, then Secretary of Homeland 
Security Janet Napolitano issued a memorandum entitled ``Exercising 
Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 
United States as Children.'' The 2012 memorandum established the policy 
known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
    On September 5, 2017, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine 
Duke issued a memorandum entitled ``Rescission of the June 15, 2012 
Memorandum Entitled `Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 
to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children.' '' The 
September 5, 2017 memorandum rescinded the June 15, 2012 memorandum and 
directed DHS personnel to take all appropriate actions to execute a 
wind-down of the DACA program consistent with the parameters 
established in the memorandum. The September 5, 2017 memorandum is 
available on the DHS Web site at the following location: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/05/memorandum-rescission-daca.

    Dated: September 11, 2017.
Elaine C. Duke,
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-19794 Filed 9-15-17; 8:45 am]
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