More than 20% of all DACA recipients reside in just two of those states: Texas (17%) and Florida (4%). The stripping of eligibility is a devastating step backwards, not only for DACA recipients, but families and immigrant communities in general. – Isobel Mohyeddin, policy associate at National Immigration Law CenterMohyeddin and her colleagues surveyed 433 DACA recipients in 2024, before DACA recipients were eligible for the marketplace. Eighty-one percent had health coverage, the vast majority through their employer or a union or professional association. “The stripping of eligibility is a devastating step backwards, not only for DACA recipients, but families and immigrant communities in general,” Mohyeddin said.