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.
According to a 2017 online survey of more than 3,000 DACA recipients, the median age of entry into the United States was 6 years old, and the most common age was 3. The current age of DACA recipients ranges from 16 to 35 years old.The survey was conducted by Tom K. Wong, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, along with the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, and immigration advocacy groups.