
Study links DACA to more schooling, fewer births
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which linked eligibility to schooling, led to a 15 percent increase in high school graduation rates for undocumented immigrant youth, according to a working paper. DACA also was linked to a 45 percent drop in teenage births, a 3 percent increase in high school attendance and a 22 percent increase in college enrollment for Latinas. Under the eligibility rules of DACA, applicants had to have graduated from high school o