Deferred Action for Ear­ly Child­hood Arrivals is a pol­i­cy direc­tive allow­ing undoc­u­ment­ed youth relief from depor­ta­tion for a spec­i­fied peri­od of time if cer­tain eli­gi­bil­i­ty cri­te­ria is sat­is­fied. Among the 11 mil­lion undoc­u­ment­ed peo­ple liv­ing in this coun­try are South Asians, includ­ing those from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pak­istan and Sri Lan­ka. If you are undoc­u­ment­ed, you may be eli­gi­ble for assis­tance under the DACA pol­i­cy.