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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Report on DACA arrest

DACA workshop at UCLA, 2012
The NY Times is reporting on the arrest of a DACA-status individual in Seattle:

More than two years ago, Daniel Ramirez Medina, an unauthorized immigrant, applied for a special program created under the Obama administration that would allow him to stay and work in the United States.

But on Friday morning, when federal immigration agents showed up at his home in Seattle to detain his father, they took Mr. Ramirez, 23, as well. His lawyers have now sued the federal government, arguing that he is being held in custody unconstitutionally, in an “unprecedented and unjustified” case...

Full story at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/illegal-immigration-daca-arrest.html

UPDATE: Later report says individual is alleged to be a gang member.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article132796364.html

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