Circuit Courts. Once the federal district court has decided a case, the case can be appealed to a United States court of appeal. There are twelve federal circuits that divide the country into different regions. The Fifth Circuit, for example, includes the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
DACA applicants had to be younger than 31 years old when the program began. They also had to prove that they had lived in the United States continuously since June 15, 2007, and that they had arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16.
3. An estimated 22 percent of undocumented immigrants are under age 25, according to the Department of Homeland Security. 4. The Migration Policy Institute said in 2016 that about 1.9 million people were eligible for DACA. 5. About 788,000 have had their requests for DACA status accepted, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. 6.