Exclusive: U.S. arrests Mexican immigrant in Seattle covered by Obama program
Source: Reuters
U.S. authorities have arrested an immigrant from Mexico who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and later given a work permit during the Obama administration in what could be the first detention of its kind under President Donald Trump.
Daniel Ramirez Medina, a 23-year-old with no criminal record, was taken into custody last week at his father's home in Seattle by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The officers arrived at the home to arrest the man's father, though court documents did no make clear the reason the father was taken into custody.
Ramirez, now in custody in Tacoma, Washington, was granted temporary permission to live and work legally in the United States under a program called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, established in 2012 by Democratic President Obama, according to a court filing.
The program protects from deportation 750,000 people who were brought to the United States illegally as children, sometimes called the "dreamers," and gives them the temporary right to work legally in the United States.
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(9,975 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)JudyM
(29,225 posts)It's like bush's war all over again.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)How the fuck is deporting the mother of two US citizen children making those kids safe?
alp227
(32,016 posts)KT2000
(20,572 posts)apparently has no limitations. Let the backlash begin!
DK504
(3,847 posts)Having a work visa means you're legal. Dumb ass jack booted bitches.