H.R. 10365
Makes DACA recipients eligible for AmeriCorps education awards
Lets people with DACA status qualify for education awards from national service programs, applying to awards given out on or after the bill becomes law.
- Changes the National and Community Service Act to include DACA recipients as eligible
- DACA is the 2012 policy for people brought to the U.S. as children
- Eligibility would not be blocked by a 1996 law limiting benefits for some immigrants
- Applies to education awards given out on or after the day the bill becomes law
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