Undocumented immigration status is a structural barrier to socioeconomic mobility. The regularization of legal status may therefore promote the socioeconomic mobility of formerly undocumented immigrants. The 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provided protection against deportation and access to work authorization for eligible undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. While studies using cross-sectional data find that DACA led to improved socioeconomic status, no studies have examined the socioeconomic status of DACA recipients over time and few have disaggregated among groups of DACA recipients. Drawing from one of the only longitudinal studies of DACA recipients, we use growth curve models to estimate individuals’ wage trajectories from the year prior to DACA receipt up to 77 months post-DACA receipt among Latino/a DACA participants in California. In this sample, DACA is associated with improved earnings trajectories for recipients, compared with nonrecipients. Among DACA recipients, there is variation in earnings growth by stage of the life course, as measured by age and educational attainment. Notably, DACA tenure appears to be particularly beneficial for individuals who attain DACA at earlier ages and who earn college degrees. This study contributes to our understanding of the role of immigration laws and policies in structuring immigrant integration and socioeconomic mobility in the United States.

无证件移民身份是社会经济流动的结构性障碍。因此，合法身份的正规化可能会促进以前没有证件的移民的社会经济流动。2012年的《儿童延迟抵达行动》（DACA）计划为童年来到美国的合格无证移民提供了防止驱逐出境和获得工作许可的保护。尽管使用横断面数据进行的研究发现DACA改善了社会经济地位，但没有研究检查随时间推移而获得的DACA接受者的社会经济状况，并且很少有研究按人群分类。根据DACA接收者的仅有的纵向研究之一，我们使用增长曲线模型来估计拉丁美洲和拉丁美洲的DACA参与者中，DACA收到前一年到DACA收到后77个月之间的个人工资轨迹。在此样本中，与非收件人相比，DACA与收件人的收入轨迹有所改善。在DACA接受者中，收入的增长因年龄和受教育程度的不同而各异。值得注意的是，DACA任期似乎对较早获得DACA并获得大学学位的个人特别有利。这项研究有助于我们了解移民法律和政策在构建美国移民融合和社会经济流动方面的作用。与非收件人相比，DACA与收件人的收入轨迹有所改善有关。在DACA接受者中，收入的增长因年龄和受教育程度的不同而各异。值得注意的是，DACA任期似乎对较早获得DACA并获得大学学位的个人特别有利。这项研究有助于我们了解移民法律和政策在构建美国移民融合和社会经济流动方面的作用。与非收件人相比，DACA与收件人的收入轨迹有所改善。在DACA接受者中，收入的增长因年龄和受教育程度的不同而各异。值得注意的是，DACA任期似乎对较早获得DACA并获得大学学位的个人特别有利。这项研究有助于我们了解移民法律和政策在构建美国移民融合和社会经济流动方面的作用。DACA任期似乎对于较早获得DACA并获得大学学位的个人特别有利。这项研究有助于我们了解移民法律和政策在构建美国移民融合和社会经济流动方面的作用。对于较早获得DACA并获得大学学位的个人，DACA任期似乎特别有益。这项研究有助于我们了解移民法律和政策在构建美国移民融合和社会经济流动方面的作用。