It allows undocumented people who came to the United States as kids to continue living, working, and studying here.
The act would have enshrined into law these protections for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Unfortunately, the DREAM Act failed to pass Congress, so Obama created DACA as a stopgap safety measure.
In order to qualify for DACA, applicants must have arrived in the U.S. before 2007, and have no serious criminal record.
Once enrolled, any action to deport them is deferred for two years.
Birth country doesn't tell you anything about what race people are. Mexicans make up the majority of DACA recipients, sure. Are they white Mexicans? Black? Indigenous?
We don’t know.
True, there aren't many DACA recipients from African and Caribbean countries.
There's a reason for this: The Black Alliance for Just Immigration noted in a 2020 report that only 3% and 2% of African and Caribbean populations, respectively, were immediately eligible for DACA.
In 2017, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared DACA illegal. The fight went all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was ultimately upheld in a 2020 ruling.