‘Dreamers’ are losing their jobs waiting for renewals under Trump: ‘It feels like a personal attack’

Summary

Six months have passed since Claudia applied to renew her DACA status, a process that once took weeks but now stretches indefinitely. The delay has forced her to leave her job and put her life on hold, part of a broader pattern affecting thousands of "Dreamers" whose immigration renewals have slowed dramatically under the Trump administration. What used to be routine paperwork now traps young immigrants in bureaucratic limbo, unable to work or plan ahead. The extended timelines have transformed a once-swift administrative procedure into a source of acute economic and personal hardship.