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Napolitano issues DACA memorandum

On 15 June 2012 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued the memorandum creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, deferring deportation for eligible people brought to the US as children.

Janet Napolitano (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 15 June 2012 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued the memorandum creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, deferring deportation for eligible people brought to the US as children.

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  • Janet Napolitano

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    Napolitano issues DACA memorandum. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.ice.govchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: napolitano+deferred action · verified
  2. 2.uscis.govchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: napolitano+deferred action · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Napolitano issues DACA memorandum. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/napolitano-daca-memo-2012-06-15

https://factrail.ai/facts/napolitano-daca-memo-2012-06-15

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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