A phrase describing a beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—an Obama-era policy granting temporary deportation relief to undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children—who was later removed from the country but managed to re-enter, often amid bureaucratic drama or legal loopholes.

In immigration contexts, shorthand for someone whose DACA status failed to shield them from deportation, only for them to pull a plot twist by returning, highlighting the yo-yo nature of US policy ping-pong.