PUBLIC COUNSEL

Mexican ‘dreamer’ Ordered Released In US

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A Mexican man brought to the US as a child who was arrested and held for more than six weeks despite being protected under an Obama-era program for immigrants has been released. Daniel Ramirez Medina, a 24-year-old “Dreamer” living near Seattle in Washington state, was ordered released on bond by a judge on Tuesday, his … Read more

US Arrests Mexican With Protected Status

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US immigration authorities arrested a Mexican man without residency papers even though he has special status protecting him from deportation, lawyers and the government said. Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez Medina said his arrest — for the purpose of expulsion — was a first among people included in the so-called DACA program protecting unauthorized immigrants who … Read more