One DACA Recipient Explains How a Rule Change Will Upend Her Life

“Oh,” said the DMV employee, studying Itzel Zavala’s papers. “It’s one of you.” It was early October, and Zavala* had driven across town to the DMV in Dickson, based on a rumor. The previous Friday, she’d tried to renew her license in Lebanon, closer to her home. She’d gathered her papers, including a recently renewed work permit, and handed them to the lady at the counter. “Hey,” the woman told her. “I can’t renew your license.” Since Oct. 1, she explained, a new law was in effect. The state would no longer grant driver’s licenses to DACA, short for Deferred...