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Your browser does not support inline framesBreaking News:LATEST UPDATES: |ByPhoto by J. Scott Applewhite APAbove: People brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as "Dreamers," and other supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, listen as lawmakers speak at the U.S. Capitol.DACA recipients, or Dreamers as they’ve come to be known, have been left in limbo amid the pandemic and the Trump administration's actions to end DACA.Aired: December 8, 2020 |, known as DACA, has granted work authorization and protection from deportation to approximately 750,000 recipients who were brought to the U.S. as children. After being put on hold by the Trump Administration since 2017, the says U.S. Customs and Immigration Services will once again accept new DACA applications.Luna Azul Chacon has been a DACA recipient for the last four years.“That process was really intense. I know that for me I literally just wanted to give up because I was like, 'Is it even worth it?'” she said.Chacon arrived in the U.S. from Mexico with her parents and younger brother when she was only 5 years old. When she turned 15, she was eligible to apply for DACA.“I kind of did know that I was undocumented but I didn’t know what that meant,” she said.Photo byLuna Azul Chacon, a DACA recipient, at Wildwood Park in Vista on November 25, 2020.This is a similar journey that many DACA recipients have encountered.Chacon is now a first generation college student studying to become a pediatrician or OB-GYN.When the pandemic hit, she needed to help support her family financially. Then she contracted COVID-19.“I wanted to have as minimal contact with them as possible because I knew they had jobs so if they got sick we would be in an even worse situation,” she said.Despite living with her family under the same roof, Chacon was the only one to get sick.She was forced to take time off work to recover, but still needed to navigate the ever-changing DACA renewal process and pay the $495 filing fee.“Its always changing, especially right now,” she said.Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Content can be viewed at actual source page: https://youtu.be/QR0vuN6KkxE&gt;Reported byIn 2017, the Trump administration suspended DACA, disallowing any new applicants from receiving the protection., a San Diego attorney who handles DACA cases, says President Trump terminated DACA to force Congress to take action.“Congress is the body that enacts immigration legislation. Although it was implemented in 2012, for 18 years before that you had the Dream Act, and the Dream Act had been in Congress for over 18 years and they could never agree as to how to implement it,” he said.Marian Mata Garcia is another Dreamer who came to the U.S. from Mexico in 2001 when she was a baby.When she turned 15, her parents helped her apply for DACA status, which meant she could get a drivers license and work authorization.“I was never discouraged because of my status, if I saw something that was ‘oh permanent residence and U.S. citizen,' ok well I won't apply to that. And I just kept looking for other resources,” she said.Photo byMarian Mata Garcia, a DACA recipient at UCSD on November 25, 2020.Her perseverance to look for those opportunities led her to transfer from community college to UC San Diego where she is studying Global Health and Biology.Garcia said her personal experience with DACA helped her look at the pandemic from a different point of view.“I live in uncertainty every single day, that's my life, so for me I thought oh well the government is going to control whatever and then we're just gonna do it,” she said. “That's been my life. The government says DACA is now only one year, okay, well, now it's one year.”Luna Azul Chacon said she was proud of the voter turnout in the recent elections.“People don't realize how important their vote is especially for those that can’t vote,” she said.Both Chacon and Garcia say they have high hopes for president-elect Biden, who has after taking office.“I do have high hopes for this new administration. All we can really do is wait, hold on, go out, and show them that we're here and that we're here to stay,” Garcia said.Aired 12/8/20onListen to this story by Tania Thorne.This story was produced with support from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.Tania ThorneNorth County ReporterI love hearing from the community and listening to what's important to you. No story is too small. If it matters to you, more than likely it matters to somebody else too.Find us on and , or .To view PDF documents, .SPONSORSHIPKeep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google and apply.Monday, December 14, 2020 at4:30 p.m.Stream or tune in Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TVSPONSORSHIP

Your browser does not support inline framesBreaking News:LATEST UPDATES: |ByPhoto by J. Scott Applewhite APAbove: People brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as "Dreamers," and other supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, listen as lawmakers speak at the U.S. Capitol.DACA recipients, or Dreamers as they’ve come to be known, have been left in limbo amid the pandemic and the Trump administration's actions to end DACA.Aired: December 8, 2020 |, known as DACA, has granted work authorization and protection from deportation to approximately 750,000...

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