"Ariel, 34, has lived in the United States since she was 2 years old. Her case reflects the fragile reality for recipients of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a temporary legal status for children who arrived in the United States at a young age. More than 11,000 DACA recipients live in the Bay Area, and the visa has to be renewed every two years."
"As she does every two years, Ariel - a pseudonym used to protect her from possible federal retaliation - filed her DACA renewal application on Dec. 1, 135 days before it was set to expire April 15. Usually, she gets a response fairly quickly. But when she failed to hear back from the government by March, she contacted her union, the California Nurses Association and started reaching out to lawyers."
"When her DACA status expired on April 15, Kaiser gave her 30 days of unpaid leave. Now, as the May 15 end of the unpaid leave approaches, it appears that she will lose her job and the promotion she had been training for. In response to her inquiries, Kaiser wrote, "It is your responsibility to keep your work authorization current.""
"The nurses union argues that she is not at fault. Under President Donald Trump, processing times for different kinds of legal status have increased significantly, and Ariel is caught in those crosscurrents, the union said. Across the nation, over 500,000 immigrants hold DACA status and, like the Kaiser nurse, many have been caught up in delays, according to the Migration Policy"
Ariel, a Filipina immigrant and surgical nurse at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, faces possible termination because her temporary legal status was not renewed and her unpaid leave was not extended. She has lived in the United States since age two and relies on DACA, which must be renewed every two years. She filed her renewal application on December 1, 135 days before expiration, but did not receive a response by March. After her status expired on April 15, Kaiser granted 30 days of unpaid leave. As the unpaid leave ends, Kaiser indicates she is responsible for keeping work authorization current, while her union argues delays in processing legal status under President Donald Trump are to blame.
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