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.
Now that Congress may consider a blanket amnesty for DACA recipients, hereâs what Americans who care about border security and public safety should know: Most of the DACA recipients are not âkids.â The average age of the DACA âkidsâ is approximately 20 years old, many are between 23 and 26 years old. Applications were accepted from anyone under the age of 31, as of June 15, 2012. Accordingly, most of the people who benefited from the DACA program were adults. People with a criminal record were allowed to apply for DACA.