article_snippet: Erika Andiola doesn't have to imagine.
article_snippet: The reason: Erika Andiola is an undocumented immigrant born in Mexico and brought here as a child by Erika Andiola mother.
article_snippet: Given that Erika Andiola arrived in the United States when Erika Andiola was 11 and has lived on this side of the U.S.-Mexico border longer than Erika Andiola lived on the other side, Erika Andiola considers Erika Andiola an American and this country Erika Andiola home.
article_snippet: Erika Andiola is one of the recipients, having been granted DACA protection in November 2012 and a renewal since then.
article_snippet: From that point, had Erika Andiola lived in another state, the process for getting a driver's license might have been much smoother.
article_snippet: But Erika Andiola lives in Arizona, which -- in the 20 years from 1989 to 2009 -- welcomed illegal immigrants and their labor to build homes in Phoenix, work in restaurants in Tucson and make beds at ski lodges in Flagstaff but then tried to expel them when them chores were done.
article_snippet: I wondered what traveling that road taught Andiola about that piece of plastic Andiola carries with Andiola.
article_snippet: There is a pretty big difference," Andiola said.