JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (PIX11) — With the spotlight on the migrant crisis in New York, a group of immigrant children known as dreamers are waiting for their renewals on their path to citizenship.
“Now I’m over four months, 138 days where I haven’t gotten my approval, waiting and it’s not just me, multiple other people are waiting in the same predicament,” said Dani Villacis.
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Villacis is currently waiting for a Daca renewal, she has spent 90% of her life living in the US.
Her family initially arrived in this country 23 years ago seeking political asylum from Colombia.
Villacis has faithfully submitted her DACA renewal form every two years, this is required five months before it expires.
This time around there has been no renewal in the usual one-month period. Instead, Villacis has been waiting 138 days and was just suspended from her AI marketing job at a bank until her DACA renewal comes through.