Detained dreamer files lawsuit against DHS

[herding cats]

Source: The Hill

A man detained by immigration authorities in Seattle despite his protected status under an Obama administration program sued the government Wednesday for violation of his constitutional rights.

Daniel Ramirez Medina, a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, was detained Tuesday by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials when they showed up at his house to arrest Ramirez's father.

The complaint alleges that agents violated Ramirez's Fifth Amendment due process rights by failing to adhere to the terms of DACA.

ICE agents were allowed into the home by Ramirez's father to notify Ramirez and his brother of the arrest, according to a complaint filed by lawyers.

Read more: http://thehill.com/latino/319748-detained-dreamer-files-lawsuit-against-dhs

[iluvtennis]

1. It's the right thing to do. This guy has a "contract" with our gov't and it should be followed.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. GOOD!!!

[geek tragedy]

3. The jack-boots at ICE have been chomping at the bit

for a chance to inflict suffering on immigrant families. That's why their 'union' endorsed President Caligula.

[KT2000]

6. +1 n/t

[DK504]

4. Way to go on getting those gang members

off the streets.

Instead they are going after the productive, honest hard working legal people that pay taxes. Is this what 45 is trying to do? Make us so broke he invites the USSR into America to handle things here.

[geek tragedy]

5. ICE agents tend to be a bunch of jack-booted bullies

who like to beat up on defenseless immigrants. White supremacist infiltration a real issue there.

This isn't so much Trump dictating policy as it is him releasing the hounds.

[Eugene]

7. Seattle judge demands an explanation after undocumented 'dreamer' arrested

Source: The Guardian

Seattle judge demands an explanation after undocumented 'dreamer' arrested

Arrest of a 23-year-old Daca recipient, apparently the first case
of its kind under Trump, has raised fears of a massive crackdown
on undocumented immigrants

Sam Levin in San Francisco
Wednesday 15 February 2017 23.08 GMT

The arrest of an undocumented immigrant who was granted a work permit under Obama has sparked fears among other recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program and prompted a judge to demand an explanation from the government.

Daniel Ramirez Medina, a 23-year-old with no criminal record who was brought to the US from Mexico when he was seven years old, was taken into custody last Friday in Seattle. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers made the arrest at his father’s house, despite the fact that Medina, who has a three-year-old son, has twice been granted an employment authorization card under the Daca program.

The detention of the “dreamer”, as Daca recipients are known, appears to be the first of its kind since Donald Trump took office. Medina’s lawyers have since filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security alleging unlawful seizure and detention, leading chief US magistrate judge James Donohue to order the government to justify its actions.

Donohue wrote in a Tuesday filing, ordering that the government respond by 9am on Thursday: “If petitioner is still detained and removal proceedings have not been initiated against him, what is the basis for Ice’s authority to detain him?”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/seattle-daca-dreamer-arrested-judge-trump-immigration