Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol Washington, Jan. 21, 2018. Photo by Jose Luis Magana / FR159526 AP.
Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol Washington, Jan. 21, 2018. Photo by Jose Luis Magana / FR159526 AP.

Starting in November, the more than 7,000 people living in Maryland under DACA status will be able to buy insurance plans from the state’s insurance marketplace.

DACA recipients operate in legal limbo.

They are people who were brought to the United States as children and have received a high school degree or served in the military. While they are allowed to stay in the U.S. legally, they aren’t technically citizens.

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