Its this constant level of anxiety.Montoyas advocacy group, Aliento, provides arts and healing workshops for other DACA recipients who struggle with not knowing their fate.
The Trump administration in 2017 announced the end of the program, resulting in legal challenges now in the hands of the Supreme Court.
Immigration authorities have said they would deport any DACA recipients who have an existing immigration court case.
She says the pandemic and now keeping up with nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice have disrupted her sleep, but the nights before Supreme Court decision days are particularly bad.
Many black DACA recipients rely on her for the latest information, she said.