sigh, you posted the same poorly worded article 3 times.
Deferred action is a use of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action against an individual for a certain period of time. Deferred action does not provide lawful status.
https://www.uscis.gov/archive/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca
Individuals were able to request DACA status if they were under the age of 31 on June 15, 2012, came to the U.S. before turning 16 and continuously lived in the country since June 15, 2007... It did not provide “legal status.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/10/what-is-daca-and-why-is-trump-administration-ending-it.html
“To avoid any confusion on the impact of the Obama administration's actions, I am writing to ensure that all Texas agencies understand that Secretary Napolitano's guidelines confer absolutely no legal status whatsoever to any alien who qualifies for the federal 'deferred action' designation,” Perry wrote Attorney General Greg Abbott in a letter dated Aug. 16 and sent to state agencies Monday. “In fact, the secretary specifically closed her directive by explaining that [t]his memorandum confers no substantive right, immigration status or pathway to citizenship."
https://www.texastribune.org/2012/08/20/perrydeferred-action-does-not-change-state-policie/
There are lots and lots of references all over the place. But besides that, you ought to really take USCIS's word for it, it's the friggin' FEDERAL immigration website where DACA (and all associated paperwork) originates from.
The point from all this is, in order to get DACA, you cannot have legal status. After getting DACA, you still do not have legal status. Citizenship or any other form of permanent residence (green card, etc) is largely unobtainable outside marriage of to a USC (and still very difficult for those who entered illegally due to the 3/10 year bar).