The Trump Administration Is Arguing It Can Hold Dreamers Indefinitely

By Jessica Washington, Sept 29, 2025

Excerpt: "According to a tracker launched by a coalition of immigration organizations, including the National Immigration Law Center and United We Dream, nearly 20 #DACA recipients have been detained within the last year.

" 'We’re really concerned,' said Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, deputy director of federal policy for the immigrant advocacy organization, #UnitedWeDream.

"Macedo do Nascimento said that the #Trump administration appears to be intentionally going after DACA recipients, who should not ordinarily be targets for #deportation.

" 'There are two cases right now, that we’re aware of, Jean Carlos and [Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira], where ICE showed up to in Paulo’s case, to his mother’s house while he was dropping off his kids, specifically to apprehend him, and then in Jean Carlos’s case, to his own house specifically to detain him,' she said. 'So that shows that de-prioritization is not happening anymore.'

"They’re trying to 'kill DACA by 1,000 cuts,' said Macedo do Nascimento, noting that the administration has been urging Dreamers to 'self-deport.' "

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https://theintercept.com/2025/09/29/trump-daca-dreamer-deport/

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