DACA health workers

The World

Many of the healthcare workers battling Covid-19 in places like New York and California are undocumented immigrants, working in the US because of DACA, an Obama-era program that enables some to receive work permits. But their ability to continue working now could hinge on a Supreme Court decision about whether to shut the program down. The World’s Marnette Federis has our story.

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