DACA recipients and licensure
Date postedNovember 20, 2024
An online petition has brought focus on the issue of whether states allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to obtain professional licenses. The petition specifically refers to the nursing profession in Missouri, which does not allow DACA recipients to obtain a license. A federal law prohibits non-U.S. citizens from obtaining certain licenses, but that law also includes a subsection allowing states to opt out of this prohibition, as states like Kansas, Illinois, and Arkansas have done.