End of protections leave DACA beneficiaries vulnerable to deportation - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

End of protections leave DACA beneficiaries vulnerable to deportation - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

By Araceli Martinez Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Viridiana has been in agony these past few months, wondering if at any moment she might lose her job, her health insurance, maybe even be deported. A DACA recipient, Viridiana (who asked that we only use her middle name) has waited a year-and-a-half for her status to be renewed. “I feel desperate, frustrated,” she said in Spanish. “My boss has been very patient. I’ve already had to ask him to…