'Losing her livelihood': Waukegan School District 60 fires employee whose DACA status expired due to federal delays

Waukegan woman loses job of six years under DACA with District 60 after her work status ends

A Waukegan woman, who arrived here at age three months and has worked as a secretary for Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 for six years under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), lost her job after her status ended through no fault of her own.

'Losing her livelihood': Waukegan School District 60 fires employee whose DACA status expired due to federal delays

The Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education voted on Tuesday evening to terminate the employment of Guadalupe Ceja-Hernandez, 33, of Waukegan, who worked at the Lincoln Center for Educational Services as a secretary but had her DACA status expire recently. | Photo: Screengrab Waukegan School District 60 has fired an employee, who grew up in Waukegan, after her DACA status expired due to federal processing delays, with her u…