Daniel Ramirez Medina was brought to the US as a child by his parents. For that he was arrested in Seattle, and faces deportation from his homeland for most of his life to the unfamiliar country of his birth.
An immigrant from Mexico who has obtained a work permit since being brought into the country illegally as a child was arrested by authorities in Seattle, Reuters reported Tuesday. The arrest could mark the first immigration detention of its sort in President Trump's administration.
According to the report, the arrest of a 23-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers who originally showed up at Ramirez's residence to arrest the man's father.
Ramirez was a beneficiary of former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was designed to protect illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation and make them eligible to work legally.
According to the report, Ramirez filed a legal challenge to his detention on Monday, arguing that the action was illegal due to his legitimate work permit. He also does not have a criminal record.
My country shouldn’t want to deport Daniel Ramirez Medina. The Trump crackdown apparently includes the Dreamers. There may be as many as two million Dreamers in the US impacted by this hard line crackdown This is reprehensible!
When Donald Trump says he’s “getting the bad ones out” he is lying.