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February 20, 2017

Seattle: Judge Refuses to Order Release of DREAMer
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A Seattle judge refused to order the release of 23-year-old Daniel
Ramirez Medina, who was arrested by ICE agents even though he has
permission to live and work in the United States under President Obama's
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. Ramirez's
supporters rallied outside the hearing on Friday. This is Paul Quinones
with the Washington Dream Act Coalition.

Paul Quinones: "If any of us had any doubt that Trump's regime has
declared an open war and open season on all immigrants in this country,
that doubt should have evaporated by now. With Daniel's arrest, we have
seen the federal government breaking its promise and showing that it
cannot be trusted."

We'll have more on the Trump administration's crackdown against
immigration and immigrants currently living in the United States after
headlines.


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