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Second known Daca recipient detained by immigration officials in Texas
Source: The Guardian
Second known Daca recipient detained by immigration officials in Texas
Josue Romero, a 19-year-old arts student in San Antonio, taken
into Ice custody after minor drug arrest week after detainment
of Seattle ‘Dreamer’
Tom Dart in Houston
Friday 17 February 2017 00.08 GMT
A Daca recipient has been taken into custody by immigration officials, attorneys said on Thursday, in what is the second known case of officials targeting people with the protected status.
Josue Romero, a 19-year-old arts student in San Antonio, was arrested for possession of a small amount of marijuana and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), attorneys said, despite being granted temporary relief from deportation under the Obama administration’s deferred action policy.
His case follows the detention of Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Mexico-born 23-year-old parent of a US citizen. He was reportedly arrested in Seattle last week by Ice agents who were looking for his father.
About 750,000 young people, dubbed “Dreamers”, have been granted Daca. The programme was created by Obama via an executive action in 2012 to protect individuals who came to the US as children from deportation. But many are worried that the new federal administration will cancel the scheme and make recipients vulnerable to removal from the country.
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Josue Romero, a 19-year-old arts student in San Antonio, taken
into Ice custody after minor drug arrest week after detainment
of Seattle ‘Dreamer’
Tom Dart in Houston
Friday 17 February 2017 00.08 GMT
A Daca recipient has been taken into custody by immigration officials, attorneys said on Thursday, in what is the second known case of officials targeting people with the protected status.
Josue Romero, a 19-year-old arts student in San Antonio, was arrested for possession of a small amount of marijuana and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), attorneys said, despite being granted temporary relief from deportation under the Obama administration’s deferred action policy.
His case follows the detention of Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Mexico-born 23-year-old parent of a US citizen. He was reportedly arrested in Seattle last week by Ice agents who were looking for his father.
About 750,000 young people, dubbed “Dreamers”, have been granted Daca. The programme was created by Obama via an executive action in 2012 to protect individuals who came to the US as children from deportation. But many are worried that the new federal administration will cancel the scheme and make recipients vulnerable to removal from the country.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/16/daca-dreamer-detained-immigration-texas-josue-romero