2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
Lawyers for Daniel Ramírez Medina, the first Dreamer detained in one of the recent raids by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), are asking for his release in federal court as the young man was authorized to stay temporarily in the United States under a program established by the Obama administration.
Ramírez Medina, 23, is in a Tacoma, Washington, detention center. He is the first Dreamer - a name given to those who have entered the DACA (Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program - who is arrested by immigration authorities with a view to deporting him, which has unleashed that both lawyers and activists are demanding his immediate release.
The program - which has welcomed more than 750,000 undocumented youths who came to the country in their childhood - aims to temporarily block their deportations and even grant them legal work permits.
Asking for his release as soon as possible, Greisa Martínez, director of support for the United We Dream organization, who is also a Dreamer, stated: “ Donald Trump's executive orders have made everyone a priority for deportation… and the it seems no one is safe. But Donald Trump and Republicans must clearly say that DACA recipients are safe."
Ramírez Medina was arrested Friday at his father's home in Seattle, WA, when ICE agents went there to arrest his father. At that time, the agents asked the young man if he was legally in the country, to which he replied that he was a Dreamer and had a work permit. Similarly, the authorities took the young man, who arrived in the United States from Mexico at age 7.
Speaking to NBC News, an ICE spokesman said Ramírez admitted to gang membership and was detained based on that affiliation and for posing a risk to public safety.
For his part, Mark Rosenbaum, Ramírez Medina's lawyer, said in a statement: "Mr. Ramírez unequivocally denies belonging to a gang." He also indicates that, when detained, he was pressured by the authorities to admit said affiliation.
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