Dreamer detained by Ice agents in Mississippi to be released
Source: The Guardian
A 22-year-old who was detained by immigration authorities as she was leaving a press conference on immigrants’ rights will be released from detention on Friday.
Daniela Vargas was in the process of renewing her application for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), the Obama administration program that temporarily protects from deportation undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Vargas spoke at a rally in Jackson, Mississippi, last week about her dream of becoming a math teacher.
But as she was leaving the event, she was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Agents (Ice), arrested, and transferred to a detention center in Jena, Louisiana.
Last week, Ice informed Vargas’s attorneys that it would pursue immediate deportation without allowing her to first have a court hearing. Vargas’s lawyers filed a petition challenging Ice’s decision.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/10/dreamer-daca-daniela-vargas-mississippi-to-be-released
Matt Kessler in Oxford, Mississippi
Friday 10 March 2017 19.12 GMT
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