Detained "Dreamer" awaits hearing by Los Angeles Times

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Detained “Dreamer” awaits hearing
Writer: Los Angeles Times
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1. Daniel Ramirez Medina is in custody.
2. Daniel Ramirez Medina’s case is being fought in Seattle, Washington.
3. Daniel Ramirez Medina is 23 years old.
4. The attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina are saying federal agents lied about statements Ramirez made in custody and inaccurately described a tattoo on his forearm as a gang tattoo.
5. Daniel Ramirez Medina was raised in California.
6. Daniel Ramirez Medina was taken into custody on February 10, 2017.
7. Daniel Ramirez Medina is being detained in a Federal Detention Facility in Tacoma, Washington.
8. Dreamers are people trying to immigrate to the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA).
9. President Obama created DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program) in 2012.
10. For a person to qualify for DACA they need the following: 1) pass background and crime-record checks  2) pay a fee  3) apply for renewal every two years
11. Jeffrey Robins is assistant director in the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation.
12. Federal officials say Daniel Ramirez Medina hung out with the Sureños, a street gang in California.
13. Federal officials say Daniel Ramirez Medina hangs out with Paisas, a street gang in Washington State.
14. There are 750,000 people in the Dreamers Program.
15. 1,500 people have been deported from the Dreamers Program.
16. True, people in the DACA program are known as Dreamers.
17. U.S. President Trump said, “DACA is a very, very difficult subject, because you have these incredible kids.”
18. U.S. President Trump promised to end the Dreamers Program.
19. Ramirez was arrested in his shared apartment.
20. Theodore J. Boutrous is the name of one of Ramirez’s attorneys.
21. Mark Rosenbaum is lead co-counsel for Ramirez.
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