Lawyers for 'dreamer' seek his release at Friday hearing

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SEATTLE (AP) - Lawyers are asking a federal court in Seattle to order the immediate release of a man detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally. But the U.S. Justice Department says the court has no authority over the case.



SEATTLE (AP) - Lawyers are asking a federal court in Seattle to order the immediate release of a man detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally. But the U.S. Justice Department says the court has no authority over the case.
Daniel Ramirez Medina

(1 of 1) Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who was was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama's administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Medina on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at his father's home, even though he has a work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Daniel Ramirez Medina/Public Counsel via AP)
February 17, 2017

In documents filed Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said there is "no legal basis for a district court to consider any challenge" to the detention of Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, in part because his case is pending in immigration court.

A federal magistrate scheduled a status conference on Ramirez's case for Friday morning. Ramirez's arrest last week has thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. Some saw the detention as the opening salvo in an attack on former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, while federal authorities suggested it was simply a routine exercise of their authority.

Court documents filed by the government Thursday said Ramirez admitted to having gang ties when questioned by an immigration agent. His lawyers called the allegation false. "Mr. Ramirez did not say these things because they are not true," Rosenbaum said in statement. "And while utterly implausible and wholly fabricated, these claims still would not be sufficient evidence that Mr. Ramirez is a threat to the public safety or national security."

The court documents also said Ramirez had a "gang tattoo" on his forearm, but Rosenbaum said the agents misidentified it. He said it reads "La Paz BCS." La Paz means "Peace" in Spanish and is also the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, where Ramirez was born, he said.

Ramirez is father of a 3-year-old son who is a U.S. citizen, his lawyers have said. He worked on farms picking fruit in California before moving to Washington, and he twice passed background checks to participate in the DACA program - most recently last spring, they said.

The government's filing confirmed that Ramirez has no criminal record. Ramirez's attorney Mark Rosenbaum told reporters on a conference call Thursday he believes the government is trying to cover up mistakes made by immigration agents, calling his client's arrest a "bogus operation."

Ramirez's attorneys say the documents fail to show even one piece of evidence that Ramirez is affiliated with any gang. Immigration agents found him last Friday when they went to an apartment complex in the Seattle suburb of Des Moines to arrest his father, identified as Antonio Ramirez-Polendo. Ramirez-Polendo was deported eight times between 2000 and 2006, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday, and served a year in prison in Washington state for felony drug trafficking.

The DACA program - referred to as "Dreamers" by supporters and derided as "illegal amnesty" by critics - has protected about 750,000 immigrants since its inception in 2012. It allows young people who were brought into the country illegally as children to stay and obtain work permits.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Ramirez was being held at a detention center in Tacoma pending deportation proceedings. The statement said participants can have their status revoked if they're found to pose a threat to national security or public safety.

About 1,500 immigrants granted DACA status since 2012 have had it revoked have had it revoked because of criminal convictions or gang affiliations.

Associated Press writers Lisa Baumann and Martha Bellisle in Seattle contributed to this report.

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[Bladewire]

California congressmen met with I.C.E. officials yesterday and they confirmed that they have orders to deport ALL illegal immigrants, not just criminals.

So basically Trump is looking at more federal lawsuits that he'll lose because he can't pull the "dreamer" program and label them illegal, when they're here on a legal amnesty program with legal right to work etc.

This shows that Trump is all about "being a big boy" with power and not notifying the public, congress or other officials, of change in national immigration programs & policies.

I'm all for deporting illegals but doing it humanely & honestly without lying to the American public is important, this also gives illegals time to get their personal manners taken care of before leaving etc. Pretty badic, but if course, Trump is fucking up the basics.

[Jigster715]

He's already admitted to belonging to a gang in LA and hanging out with gang members in WA. The guacamole smells funny.

[TheSquealer]

Actual headline for this fake news should be... "Child Given Every Opportunity by Generous Nation, Turns Gang Banger/Criminal As a Thank You & Gets Deported"