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Ramirez is believed to be the first DACA recipient to be targeted for deportation under the administration of US President Donald Trump.

“It doesn’t matter”, an agent responded, according a lawsuit filed on Ramirez’s behalf, “because you weren’t born in this country”.

The Austin American-Statesman added fuel to the fires of speculation when it reported a fake news Facebook post by Austin City Councilman Greg Casar. This “enforcement surge” marks a departure from Obama-era restrictions, which limited the agency’s “enforcement priorities” to convicts, terrorist threats, and people who recently crossed the border – a policy ICE openly despised.

Ramirez, through his lawyers, has rejected the charge that he is part of a gang. The man, Saul Loeza, had lived and worked in the state for the last 30 years and had no criminal record, his family told Vocativ.

“Our officers prioritize cases based on a variety of factors, including the person’s criminal and immigration history, as well as the viability of the leads we have on the individual’s possible whereabouts”, Kice said.

Bencomo said though deportations were at record highs under the Obama administration ICE enforcement prioritized deporting criminals over immigrant living in the U.S. illegally with families. In it, Warner referenced Trump’s January 25 executive order, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”, as part of the announced crack down on criminal immigrants.

Menendez also said he hopes Trump is committed to accommodating the so-called “Dreamers”, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S.as children.

President Donald Trump’s mass immigration raids-which have swept up longtime residents with no criminal histories, including an undocumented immigrant with license to live and work legally in the USA -have also led to the arrest of a Texas woman obtaining a restraining order against an abusive partner.

Immigration agents detained 680 people in raids across at least seven states last week, which Homeland Security Sec. It was routine, Kelly said. Officials said 37 detainees in Los Angeles had been deported to Mexico.

Immigration Attorney Jeff McClain has heard many immigrants voice their concerns, anxious about their futures in the United States.

“The problem is this is no longer the Obama Administration, this is the Trump Administration”, said Pasadena attorney Dale Gronemeier. There have already been reports of teenagers being arrested at school bus stops, and there have been anecdotal claims on social media of ICE agents waiting outside of schools in order to detain parents.

Immigrants are “here looking for a better life, doing the right thing”, he said.

“‘I feel like I am still illegal, like I don’t have documents” Vasquez said.

Other signs at the protest read “Resist ICE raids” and “Defend Immigrant Rights”.

Grijalva and immigration advocates say the recent ICE actions have caused a heightened sense of uncertainty and fear in immigrant communities.

Representatives of Park City government, churches, schools and law enforcement are working to schedule a public meeting sometime next week to reassure local immigrants that regardless of the stepped up rhetoric on the federal level about crackdowns on immigration enforcement, Park City’s policies have not changed.