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DACA recipients say monthslong renewal delays prevent them from working, putting their lives in limbo

DACA recipients said that while the renewal process was previously painless for them, this year long delays have led them to lose their status.
DACA was intended to shield from deportation those who were brought to the U.S. as children by undocumented parents.
DACA was intended to shield from deportation those who were brought to the U.S. as children by undocumented parents.Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty Images

Erika, an intensive care nurse who is seven months pregnant, said she was brought to the U.S. from Mexico when she was barely a year old. Now, nearly 35 years later, she is one of many Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients who can’t work and are in dire financial circumstances because their renewal applications have all but ground to a halt.

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