Veronica Viera drives to pick up her children from school in Houston on April 26, 2026. A DACA recipient and mother of four children, Viera had her commercial license revoked late last year and is now finding work as an Uber driver. (Danielle Villasana for The Texas Tribune)
Veronica Viera loved watching Texas unfold from the driver’s seat of her bright pink 18-wheeler — the winding roads, the small towns, the sense of freedom — so losing her license in a government crackdown on legal immigrants was devastating.
No more trips to and from Houston, listening to pop and Christian music…