Latinos/as – Diana Bocanegra, 23

By Jennifer Martinez

Reporting Texas

Diana Bocanegra is a DACA recipient and waitress in Dallas, Texas. She worries that filing for unemployment amid COVID-19 will damage her chances of becoming documented in the future. She also worries her parents will become indebted as small business owners.

“Honestly, I can’t see a positive to this yet.”

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