
DACA recipients lose permission to work amid application backlog
CNN
Nearly a decade after being allowed to work legally in the US, Ju Hong is back at square one, scrambling to obtain a work permit and seeking continued protection from deportation under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Hong has been a DACA recipient since 2012 but his permits expired in early July despite applying for a routine renewal. "When my DACA got expired, I was terminated from the job and as a result, I lost my health insurance and it's impacting me both personally and professionally," Hong, 31, told CNN. Hong is among thousands of DACA beneficiaries desperately trying to keep or renew their permits amid a backlog of applications that accumulated during the coronavirus pandemic. It's the latest twist in an ongoing saga over the program, which shields undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation and allows them to legally work in the United States.
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