Along a narrow lane in front of a Home Depot in central Broward County, Jorge Villa waited with a group of day laborers, hoping contractors exiting the store might offer them some work.

He pulled out his wallet and proudly displayed photographs of family members in his native Venezuela.

His personal goal, Villa said, was to send as much money as possible back home and eventually, start his own trucking business. Now, he’s not so sure how long that will last.

From her home in Plantation, Maria Elena Hernandez, who came to South Florida from Nicaragua years ago, wondered why she will soon be losing her right to live and work in the United States after steadily toiling as a custodian cleaning and sanitizing classrooms and offices at a local university for many years.

Hernandez, an activis

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