US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a statement reminding eligible Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients that the deadline to file DACA renewal requests and employment authorization applications is October 5, 2017. This deadline comes in response to President Trump’s decision to end the Obama administration’s DACA program, which has protected approximately 800,000 young immigrants who were brought to the US as children and who hold no legal status. DACA also provided these individuals with work authorization. In a memorandum on September 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that they would begin to wind down the program until it officially expires on March 5, 2018. After the DACA program expires, it is unknown what will happen to those who were granted deferred action. The Trump administration has repeatedly stated that in the meantime it is up to Congress to develop a solution. The Trump administration would support legislation allowing DACA recipients to obtain lawful permanent status and eventually citizenship, according to testimony by a DHS official to Congress earlier today.