DACA & Undocumented Students & Alumni : Career Support Resources
The Online Career Service Teams goal is enhancing the career preparation cycle to ensure that DACA and undocumented students and alumni receive the knowledge and career information they need to secure stable, high-paying jobs in the future workforce
- TheDream.US – A resource library for the job and internship search
- Teach for America-Dacamented Teachers
- DREAMer Friendly Companies 2020
- Life After College: A Guide for Undocumented Students (Immigrants Rising)
- Employers That Support DACA and Dreamers
- Your Employment Rights – Career Guide
- Undocumented Professionals Job Board
- My Undocumented Life – Education-specific resources including information about scholarships and education
- Act on a Dream – Student-run organization at Harvard University, with a database of scholarship opportunities for undocumented and DACA students including national, state and regional awards
- TheDream.US– Scholarship Opportunities
- Scholarship America – Browse scholarships – is open to DACA Students
- Golden Door Scholarship
- GMiS Scholarship – for STEM students
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Scholarship – DACA students of Hispanic heritage are eligible for HSF funds, whether they’re off to community college or grad school
- Scholarships for Undocumented Students (Scholarships.com)
- Internships and Fellowships for DACA and Undocumented Students (Best Colleges)
- American Civil Liberties Union Internships
- Immigrants Rising Pre-Law Bootcamp – Mini-internship for foreign-born, non-U.S. citizens who are considering applying to law school
- AAAS Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship
- American Council on Education Protect Dreamers Higher Education Coalition – The Protect Dreamers Higher Education Coalition is dedicated to housing information and resources to help campus leaders, staff, faculty and students advocate to Congress on behalf of Dreamers, young people brought to the United States as children and raised as Americans but living under threat of deportation
- Immigrants Rising – Works to empower undocumented young people to achieve educational and career goals through personal, institutional and policy transformation
- United We Dream This link opens in a new window – DACA – The largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation. Provides up-to-date information on renewing your DACA and many other resources
- USCIS Update: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (as 2023) – On September 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a decision finding the DACA Final Rule unlawful and expanding its original July 16, 2021 injunction and order of vacatur to cover the Final Rule. The district court, however, maintained a partial stay of the order for “all DACA recipients who received their initial DACA status prior to July 16, 2021.”
- This page provides information on requesting Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). You may request DACA for the first time or renew your existing period of DACA if it is expiring. Please note: While a July 16, 2021, injunction (PDF, 401.59 KB) from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and on Oct. 14, 2022 was extended by the district court to the DACA final rule, remains in effect, DHS is prohibited from granting initial DACA requests and related employment authorization under the final rule.
- Immigration Advocates Network – The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) is a collaborative effort of leading immigrants’ rights organizations designed to increase access to justice for immigrants and strengthen the capacity of organizations serving them. IAN promotes more effective and efficient communication, collaboration, and services among immigration advocates and organizations by providing free, easily accessible and comprehensive online resources and tools.
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center – Works and educates immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to continue to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.
- National Immigration Law Center – Dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.
- Public Counsel – Law firm specializing in delivering pro bono legal services.
