US EditionIce Arrested 261 Daca Recipients in 10 Months, Noem Reports.
- The Department of Homeland Security arrested 261 DACA recipients from January 1 to November 19, with 241 of them having criminal histories, and deported 86, according to a letter made public this week.
- DACA was created in 2012 to protect immigrants who arrived before age 16 and had clean criminal records, granting them work permits and protection from deportation.
- Democrats criticized the arrests, calling them disruptive and wasteful, while questioning the accuracy of the claimed criminal histories without further details.
- Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin called the arrests wrongful and urged for a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients despite the reported data on criminal histories.
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Sen. Alex Padilla slams DHS after agency admits deporting 86 DACA recipients
The Department of Homeland Security acknowledged it has deported dozens of undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children and have removal protections, prompting outrage from Democrats like California Sen. Alex Padilla.
Dems Want DACA Recipients With Criminal Records Given A Shot At Citizenship
Several prominent Democrats decried the fact that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) apprehended a number of DACA (Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals) recipients during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, demanding that they be given a “path to citizenship” in spite of data showing the “vast majority” of them had criminal histories.Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released a joint statement with Sens. Mark K…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 261 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program between January and November of last year, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reported in a letter to Congress released Wednesday. More than 90% of those arrested (241 people) “had criminal records,” according to the letter sent to Democratic Senator Dick Durbin on February 11. Noem also indicated that 86 DACA …
DHS arrested 261 DACA ‘Dreamers’ last year; almost all had criminal records
The Department of Homeland Security arrested 261 people who were here under the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty program and had deported 86 of them, the department revealed in a letter to Congress made public this week.
Donald Trump’s U.S. administration acknowledged that between January and November 2025 it deported 86 migrants who were covered by the Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In a letter sent to the Democratic Senator for Illinois, Richard Durbin, National Security Secretary Kristi Noem, acknowledged the illegal measure, following the arrest of 261 DACA beneficiaries. According to the letter, quoted by Politico, Noem stated that 2…
The U.S. President Donald Trump’s government admitted the deportation of dozens of immigrants who were protected by the Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), on the grounds that they were facing criminal charges. National Security Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged in a letter sent to the Democratic Senator for Illinois, [...]
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