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What it's really like to leave DACA behind and move to Mexico

In The Hyphen··11 September 2026·18 min

About this episode

A year or so ago, we started seeing social media clips of some DACA recipients announcing they were leaving their temporary status behind and moving back to their birth country. Tired of the legal limbo and lack of permanent legal status, some have decided to start over in a new country. For this episode of In The Hyphen, journalist Fernando Hurtado talked to three people who recently made the move to Mexico, specifically, to see what it's like. Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for my free newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe Find Fernando Hurtado on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices