Posted on 02/16/2017 3:30:21 PM PST by mandaladon
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle area man detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children admitted to having gang ties, the U.S. Justice Department said in court documents filed Thursday.
Ramirez "stated 'no, not no more,' when asked if he is or has been involved with any gang activity," the government said in documents filed in U.S. District Court.
Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, called the allegation "wholly fabricated."
The court documents also said Ramirez, who is Mexican and arrived in the U.S. at age 7, was asked by authorities who arrested him about a tattoo described in the documents as a "gang tattoo."
He "responded that he 'used to hang out with the Surenos in California,' that he 'fled California to escape from the gangs,' and that he 'still hangs out' with" gang members in Washington state," the documents said.
Ramirez's arrest last week has thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. Some saw the detention as the opening salvo in an attack on former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, while federal authorities suggested it was simply a routine exercise of their authority.
One of Ramirez' lawyers, Mark Rosembaum said the federal allegations were false and that authorities misidentified the tattoo.
"Mr. Ramirez did not say these things because they are not true," Rosenbaum said in statement. "And while utterly implausible and wholly fabricated, these claims still would not be sufficient evidence that Mr. Ramirez is a threat to the public safety or national security."
The court documents blacked out a picture of the tattoo, but Ramirez' lawyers said it reads "La Paz BCS."
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Dreamer = someone who wants to take from working Americans that worked for what they have.
Dreamer = someone who wants to take from working Americans that worked for what they have.
....and still collect benefits
Buh bye, amigo.
A Seattle area man detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program..........
...................that has no basis in law and was made up out of whole cloth by Obama and should be ended immediately.
he ‘still hangs out’ with” gang members in Washington state
He should fit right in, in Mexico.
That Americans who are working provide for.
Well there you go then, he said he didn't do it. What more can you ask of him?
Bingo!!!
The status of DACA protection was being revoked long before Trump showed up...
The one thing about todays presser is Trump wouldn't cancel DACA, said he had a heart. Last time I heard that was Governor Big Hair said he had one we didn't.
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....and still collect benefits”
That Americans who are working provide for.
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...illegally, at gun-point.
Ramirez “stated ‘no, not no more,’ when asked if he is or has been involved with any gang activity,”
Actually he said “no not nomo.” He can take his English speaking skills with him.
One is better than none but there’s his entire family, cousins, friends, neighbors, gang associates, etc.
Well, if he doesn’t end Obama’s illegal DACA program, then it becomes Trump’s illegal DACA program.
His program, but the taxpayer responsibility. He did say he had a heart, truth is I believe he does. It is not the dreamers it is the extended family they bring in.
We all have hearts, but that is not what should trump laws.
It is not up to him to decide to give some people a pass.
That’s what Obama did and it is not legal.
Their parents brought them across international boundaries against the law. It is the parents responsibility for their situation.
Children of bank robbers don’t get to keep the money.
He speaks English so well. Shame if he gets deported /s
Indeed. That statement was the only low point in that marvelous Press slap down yesterday.
The DACA victim displayed yesterday was in fact a drug dealer which was totally overlooked by the MSM, and that won't change. Better to pull that band aid off in one fell swoop.
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