About DAPA
DAPA is an abbreviated way of saying " Deferred Action for Parents of US Citizens or Permanent Resident Children" . Another common way that some people refer to the same is as immigration relief , relief or deferred administrative action. This DAPA or this immigration relief is an executive order or decree that President Barack Obama issued on November 20, 2014 , according to which will be postponed by three years the deportation of certain people who are in the US without documents .
This immigration relief is not from a legislative reform to go for permanent resident status or amnesty for undocumented immigrants who request it, but an administrative decision of the President who only have temporary effect and , in the future, will remain the President US executive who determine whether this decision is renewed , modified or suspended .