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| Daniela Vargas |
The release of Daniela Vargas is a victory for the immigrant
rights movement, but Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Dreamer and father from Seattle, remains in detention. United We
Dream has already delivered over 50,000 petitions to Secretary Kelly to demand
Daniel’s release. The organization is calling for supporters to circulate
the petition and gather still more signatures.—TPOI editor
By Yara Simón, Remezcla
March 10, 2017
Last week, the story of Daniela Vargas – a 22-year-old woman
possibly facing deportation without a trial – rallied the activist community.
Today, immigration advocates are celebrating her release from Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. Vargas, who arrived in the United States at
age 7, saw her dad and brother arrested by ICE officials a few weeks ago. She
hid in her closet, but ICE broke into her house and handcuffed her. They
eventually let her go. But because she was awaiting the renewal of her Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status – which grants immigrants brought
to the United States at a young age the right to work and attend school – Vargas
felt shaken.
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| Daniel Ramirez |
She went into hiding, but re-emerged last week to publicly
speak about ICE targeting her family at a press conference. As a friend drove
her away from the event, immigration officials stopped the car and detained her
– a move many saw as retaliatory.[...]
Read the full article:
http://remezcla.com/culture/daniela-vargas-freed/
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