WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security said it is resuming renewals of a program protecting immigrants living in the U.S. since childhood without legal permission, nearly a month after it instructed staff to pause on all applications. The DHS agency that handles the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which offers work permits and legal protections to about 640,000 people, initiated the pause on July 28, according to an internal email seen by The Wall Street Journal. That pause lasted nearly a month and...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 24, 2020 18:03 UTC