'I feel like this is honestly a step in the right direction,' said 25-year-old Mariana Yanez, a DACA recipient who moved to the U.S. when she was three years old.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Thousands of Arizona DACA recipients could soon be eligible for affordable healthcare coverage for the first time ever.
"I feel like this is honestly a step in the right direction," said 25-year-old Mariana Yanez, who moved to the U.S. at three years old. She said her undocumented parents wanted to escape the cartel death threats their family was receiving in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she was born. She’s one of about 23,000 DACA recipients in Arizona who could soon have access to affordable healthcare.
"It’s like, we do pay taxes. We are just [people] who grew up here," Yanez said."It’s like the minimum, thank goodness we are getting the minimum. Thank goodness that was approved."
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