FWD.us released new analysis making clear that nine years after implementation, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients’ most important life milestones —having children, pursuing higher education, and buying a home—have happened in the United States. These milestones, celebrated in the only country most Dreamers have ever known as home, have been possible in part to the protections and opportunities provided by DACA. FWD.us’ new analysis makes clear how significantly DACA recipients’ lives have changed in the years since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was implemented nine years ago.

Analysis Includes:

• More than 4 in 10 have been to college, and at least 15% have finished a post-secondary degree. Roughly a quarter (27%) are currently in school.

• The vast majority of DACA recipients, 77%, are currently working in the labor force.

• Many DACA recipients are putting their education and talents to work in critical industries, like construction (58,000), transportation (41,000), healthcare (38,000), and education (20,000).

• Roughly 400,000 recipients or their spouse or partner have purchased a car.

• DACA recipients have also grown their families and set down further roots in communities across the country: an estimated 140,000, or about a quarter, live in a home that they purchased themselves.

• At least 150,000 DACA recipients have gotten married since the policy was announced, including about 90,000 to a U.S. citizen spouse.