{"id":15965,"date":"2017-12-19T14:08:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T19:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=15965"},"modified":"2018-12-28T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:26:14","slug":"dreamers-d-c-jail-demand-amnesty-might-deported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2017\/12\/19\/dreamers-d-c-jail-demand-amnesty-might-deported\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018DREAMers\u2019 in D.C. Jail DEMAND Amnesty but Might be Deported"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update:<\/strong>\u00a0 Of the seven DACA recipients initially jailed, three have been released and four remain in custody.\u00a0 An activist that was part of the original group arrested also remains in jail.\u00a0\u00a0 The illegal aliens who remain in jail continue to refuse to cooperate with law enforcement risking deportation.\u00a0 They accuse Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) of \u201cBetraying the Dream Act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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A group of seven DACA recipients calling themselves the #DREAM7, along with another protester, have refused to give their names and fingerprints<\/a> to authorities after being arrested while staging a \u201csit-in\u201d last Friday at the Washington, D.C., offices of Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York and Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida.\u00a0 Since their arrest, these self-described \u2018DREAMers\u2019 have allegedly gone on a hunger strike and refused to cooperate with law enforcement until an amnesty bill is passed a part of a spending deal to fund the government.<\/p>\n

The illegal aliens apparently planned their arrest ahead of time, with one even announcing her intentions in an online video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to be spending several days in jail,\u201d says one of the unidentified illegal aliens in the video. \u201cEvery single day that I spend in jail puts me closer to having ICE detain me and have me deported.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Picture of one of the arrested \u2018DREAMers\u2019 from outside a D.C. jail)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have lodged any detainers for the DACA recipients arrested, but now that they are facing criminal charges, Matt O\u2019Brien FAIR\u2019s Director of Research and former Assistant Chief Counsel with ICE says it could be a matter of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis group of individuals consists of illegal aliens who are already deportable. Committing crimes (the group was arrested on the charge of unlawful entry and have refused to cooperate with police) as a form of protest won\u2019t enhance their claims that they should be allowed to stay,\u201d says O\u2019Brien. \u201cThe notion that the DACA program confers some type of special protection on certain illegal aliens is utterly mistaken. The program was nothing more than an illegal attempt by the Obama administration to confer Deferred Action \u2013 which is, by statute, a case-by-case form of discretionary relief \u2013 on broad classes of people. Once the U.S. government grants Deferred Action, it can take it away any time it wants by simply issuing a notice to appear in Immigration Court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curbelo has repeatedly said he will not support any type of spending bill in the House of Representatives unless it contains a DACA amnesty.\u00a0 There are reports that Schumer, on the other hand, may be backing away from threatening a government shutdown over DACA.\u00a0 Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) has said that a DACA deal wouldn\u2019t be part of a spending bill.<\/p>\n

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