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They Thought DACA Kept Them Safe From Arrest. They Were Wrong.
This summer, two 28-year-olds from El Paso spent more than a month behind bars at immigration detention centers, though neither had broken any immigration laws. They were Mexicans who had grown up in the U.S. and joined a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allows individuals who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to live and work here without fear of deportation. But in August, they were both detained by federal agents—one in an airport and one in front of his home.This was a significant break from the past. For thirteen years, DACA recipients had been legally protected from detention and deportation—so long as they followed the rules and renewed their protections every two years, a process that entailed undergoing strict…The post They Thought DACA Kept Them Safe From Arrest. They Were Wrong. appeared first on Texas Monthly.