First arrest of a DREAMer
 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN15T307

Exclusive: U.S. arrests Mexican immigrant in Seattle covered by Obama program
 

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.

please dont panic and have a meltdown. a rare isolated event if ever, he will be released under habeas corpus.

"It doesn't matter, because you weren't born in this country," one of the agents said, according to the lawsuit. this line got me, like wtf? lmao.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN15T307

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merge thread

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Merged.

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So it begins.

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even tho its a mistake, this will be on his record that hes detained... ugh very sad! terrible!

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I really hope it was a mistake.:sad:

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I agree. Keep calm.

Agents will try to fuck you over if you let them plain and simple. HENCE, DO NOT GIVE THEM A REASON TO. Just because you are a dreamer who qualifies or has DACA, that does not mean agents will overlook an immigration-related mistake you do.

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so what is the deal now? What is next? will he be released?

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FedcourtJunkie @Reuters ? is if they are attempting to deport him. DACAs were also arrested under Obama sometimes but released if no record via @erikaandiola

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him and his lawyer filed for habeas corpus, we will see..

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Says a hearing is scheduled for Friday.

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He needs to sue for a green card, then we dacaers will be untouchable.

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I told you guys before. Just because ICE see our DACAs doesn't mean they're going to simply to released us. These agents are going to give us a lot of pain..even if released he has that in his record.

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Does having that on your record affect you?

How so?

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For real, make this a precedent. It's fucking Bullshit man I hope he gets something out of this

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I am afraid Trump will come out now saying that DACA is repealed due to this incident. Honestly I feel ICE and Trump/Pro deportation hawks are doing this to pressure Trump into ending the program effectively.

By detaining DACAers they are pressuring the administration to come up with an official statement on DACA.

On the other hand, this could be good assuming that the administration takes a positive position on our side, outlining a specific directive to not go after DACAers and to not arrest.

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If anything this will pressure to act and stop giving us vague answers

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Or a simple mistake and he gets released. Happened in the obama years


Erika Andiola ‏@ErikaAndiola

@FedcourtJunkie @Reuters ? is if they are attempting to deport him. DACAs were also arrested under Obama sometimes but released if no record

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Honestly,

This might could have been engineered by the Trump administration...


They want to shift focus away from the scandals surrounding Flynn Etc...


They are aware that negative press on other issues is equally as distracting. Stephen Miller and AG might be behind this.


They want someone to sue that has no chance of winning, that way they can declare a victory while at the same time avoiding Trump having to take a public position on the subject.


The outcome of this might be that, They cannot pursue targeted deportation of Dreamers, unless they are encountered by ICE by "accident".

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I doubt it. The arrest happened last week (before Flynn resignation).

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It's not though. He was arrested Friday and the Flynn story broke yesterday. But I agree that hopefully this will force Trump to take a public stance on this and kinda speed things up. The uncertainty is what's getting to me...

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I am saying it is possible,

Flynn has been going on for a while, besides, Flynn might not be the reason, there are plenty of other things that the administration is fighting. The ban, ethics issues with endorsements, etc..

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Yeah I don't think the two are connect. You're looking too deep into it.


I think someone else here said dreamers had been arrested ICE while obama was in office. Let's just hope trump is pressure to talk more about daca.

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I am with you...

Although I have a bad feeling about what the outcome might be.

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Ok now I am worried that I could be next.

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Anything is possible if this person is deported. I would make sure you have a someone you trust access to financials in case the worst happens.

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Not connected. Not a conspiracy.

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Most likely he's going to be released. But damn now all of his friends and coworkers know. And I doubt he wanted anyone else to know he has daca. The question remains if his father had any criminal records

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The way you think is scary but it definitely could be true.

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They key here that everyone needs to understand is that ICE went after his dad and he happened to be there. These ICE agents aren't exactly the type that follow instructions. They can do whatever they please. Hope the kid can get out of this mess which I'm sure he will. We need a concrete law to pass very soon.

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Ever since trump became president I have been worried that me and my family will get deported and I feel like all this stress is killing me. I have no criminal record and my parents don't I don't know what to do anymore my life is hopeless now. I want to stay in this country and it's not fair that trump wants to take this away from me. What should I do is ICE knocks on my door.

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The next question is that did they use the information he provided to find his dad?

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I really think its unclear but most likely his dad must have had some sort of record or removal orders. What you're saying is unlikely otherwise there would have been more than just this case. There's tons of DACA beneficiaries out there.

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We didn't give any info about our parents for DACA. Unless you currently live with your parents or your parents still live at an address you wrote on your application.

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I think you're right.

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Yes I'm sorry. You're right. I was thinking of another form.

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This is actually very true lol. I can't believe I myself was falling for this particular fear mongering that they will use DACA information to come after parents. But even if the address is the same, I still don't see the connection they can make to our parents?

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dont open the door. excercise your 4th and 5th amendment rights.

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But what if they have a warrant. They could even knock my door down.