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Victoria Elizondo, a DACA recipient and chef-owner of Cochinita & Co., poses for a portrait at he restaurant on November 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas.

Texas’ 90,000 DACA recipients can sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage — for now

Those enrolled in the federal program shielding them from deportation can enroll through Jan. 15, but a lawsuit and Trump’s anti-immigration stance threaten to eliminate eligibility.


A photograph of Victoria Elizondo, a DACA recipient and chef-owner of Cochinita & Co., when she was a baby with her parents, on display at her restaurant on November 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas.
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Victoria Elizondo, a DACA recipient and chef-owner of Cochinita & Co., poses for a portrait at her restaurant on November 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas.
Victoria Elizondo, a DACA recipient and chef-owner of Cochinita & Co., right, laughs with employees in the kitchen at her restaurant on November 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas.

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