Texas’ 90,000 DACA Recipients Can Sign Up For Affordable Care Act Coverage

1 week ago Texas residents enrolled in the federal program shielding them from deportation can now sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. The federal health insurance marketplace is allowing enrollment for the first time for those who under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are temporarily protected to live and work in the U.S. after being brought to the country unauthorized as children. But how long the health coverage would last is uncertain. A lawsuit and President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-immigration stance threaten to eliminate eligibility. Nearly 90,000 DACA recipients in Texas have through Jan. 15 to enroll.