Melani Candia, whose DACA status has lapsed, at a neighborhood in Orlando, Fla., on April 23, 2026.AP Photo/John RaouxLong DACA renewal wait times leave some ‘Dreamers' without status, a job and fearing detainment
DACA does not confer legal status but it is meant to offer protection from deportation.
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