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"More than we have ever seen in #DACA’s 14-year history, hundreds of DACA recipients have been unlawfully detained, deported, and disappeared in recent months despite their valid and active status," the #HomeIsHere Coalition said following her return home to the US. "That is why we will not let justice end with Maria’s story." https://homeishere.us/press/daca-recipient-returned-home-following-unlawful-deportation/ #DefendDACA

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But as the #HomeIsHere Coalition notes, justice doesn’t end with Maria’s story.

Juan Chavez Velasco, another #DACA recipient, was recently abducted while on his way to visit his premature baby in NICU:

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2026/03/19/texas-daca-recipient-immigration-enforcement

“This has been one of the most painful experiences of my life,” said #DACA recipient Maria de Jesus Estrada Juárez, who was abducted by ICE during a green card appointment. “I am grateful to the court for recognizing that what happened to me was wrong and for bringing me home. But no one should have to go through this.”

https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/wrongly-deported-daca-recipient-returns #HomeIsHere

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“The move makes Estrada Juárez one of the few people to be allowed back into the country after a deportation during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to immigration experts,” The Sacramento Bee noted. “The government does not publish data on how often federal courts order such returns — and how often DHS complies.” #HomeIsHere

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The #DACA recipient’s “return home is a monumental victory for all of us who have been fighting to bring attention to the grave threats against the DACA program,” said the #HomeIsHere Coalition. “Maria’s victory is a reminder to the federal government that due process isn’t optional.”

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DHS has already deported some #DACA holders. Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez was at her green card interview when she was abducted by ICE.

“I followed the rules and showed up to my immigration appointment,” she said. “Instead, I was taken away from my daughter and forced out of the country overnight.” #HomeIsHere

“Trump administration #DACA delays are causing immigrants to lose work and risk getting deported.”

“‘You feel like a dog on the corner waiting for somebody to feed them,’ DACA recipient Victor Jardon-Reyes, 33, told the Chicago Tribune.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-daca-deportation-kristi-noem-b2938925.html #HomeIsHere