The 182 Kenyans with arrest histories are among nearly 890,000 individuals who have sought legal status in the US through the DACA programme. About 23,000 of the 110,000 DACA applicants with arrest records had been charged with immigration-related offences, USCIS data shows. North Americans, mainly Mexicans, comprise by far the largest set of DACA applicants with arrest records. The duration and future dimensions of the DACA programme are uncertain due to pending court cases and political controversies centred on immigration issues. But he took a modified stance in response to the USCIS report released on November 16.

Source: Daily Nation November 23, 2019 19:18 UTC