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Fri Jul 14, 2017, 09:19 PM Jul 2017

First DREAMer deported .. files .. documents disputing administrations account

Alan Gomez , USA TODAY
Published 6:42 p.m. ET July 14, 2017
Updated 7:31 p.m. ET July 14, 2017

... Montes, an undocumented immigrant who had protections against deportation under the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), said he had just finished dinner with a friend and was hailing a ride home when he was seized by agents on the street and forced across the border.

The Department of Homeland Security said it has no record that agents deported Montes that night. Instead, the department said, Montes crossed the border into Mexico voluntarily, immediately revoking his DACA status, which shields undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.

All of those who made statements on Montes' behalf said he had no intention of going to Mexico and was visibly shaken when he found himself back in his native country ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/14/first-dreamer-deported-under-trump-files-court-documents-contradict-administration-account/479849001/

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