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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 2 May 2018

Judge: U.S. can't immediately revoke man's DACA status

By GENE JOHNSON planned to revoke it again, ment's latest efforts to re-
Associated Press citing allegations of gang voke his status, and a final
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal ties which an immigration decision could follow soon
judge said Tuesday the judge has already found to after.
government cannot imme- be false. Even with that deadline,
diately revoke a Mexican Against that backdrop, the judge said another
man's enrollment in a pro- U.S. District Judge Ricardo technical hurdle could
gram designed to protect S. Martinez held a hearing prevent him from granting
those brought to the United in his Seattle courtroom the relief Ramirez seeks:
States illegally as children, Tuesday. Ramirez's lawyers Ramirez initially asked the
saying he wants more infor- asked the judge to bar the court to restore his DACA
mation from lawyers before government from further status. The government has
he issues a preliminary rul- rescinding their client's pro- already done so, even if
ing. tections, which allow some it plans to revoke it again.
Daniel Ramirez Medina, 25, immigrants brought to the Martinez asked the lawyers
drew international atten- U.S. illegally as children to for further briefing about
tion last year when the gov- remain and study or work, whether, at this stage, it
ernment revoked his status or from continuing to al- would be procedurally ap- Daniel Ramirez Medina, center right in light-colored shirt, lis-
tens as two of his lawyers, Mark Rosenbaum, left, and Nathaniel
in the Deferred Action for lege that he has been in- propriate for him to grant Bach, right, address reporters following a hearing in U.S. District
Childhood Arrivals program volved in gangs. Ramirez's new requests. Court in Seattle on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.
and placed him in depor- The government's attor- Ramirez's lawyers urged the Associated Press
tation proceedings, even neys, however, insisted that judge not to lose sight of
though he has no criminal such actions by the court the difficult situation their ernment has offered no "The government contin-
record. would be premature or un- client faces. He was taken corroborating evidence of ues to make this assertion
His arrest signaled an ero- warranted. The Justice De- into custody at a suburban his purported gang involve- that it itself has disavowed,"
sion of the program's pro- partment's Jeffrey Robins Seattle home when agents ment; and at one hearing Ramirez attorney Ethan
tections under President argued that while Citizen- went to arrest his father. in immigration court, a gov- Dettmer told the judge,
Donald Trump, and courts ship and Immigration Ser- Agents insisted he had a ernment lawyer acknowl- calling it a "stark, vicious lie."
have since blocked the vices has notified Ramirez gang tattoo — in reality, it edged having no indica- At Tuesday's hearing, Mar-
administration's efforts to of its intent to strip his DACA merely had the name of tion that he posed a public tinez asked the Justice De-
end it. In response to one status, it has not actually his hometown in Mexico safety risk. An immigration partment's lawyer whether
of those rulings, U.S. Citizen- done so — and thus, there — and that he admitted judge found that Ramirez the government can cor-
ship and Immigration Ser- is no final agency decision having gang ties, which he did not have gang ties, but roborate his purported
vices last month restored for Ramirez's lawyers to denies. ordered him deported be- gang ties. Robins offered
Ramirez's DACA status — challenge. Ramirez three times passed cause he is in the country none, but responded, "Your
only to immediately no- Ramirez is due to respond background checks to par- illegally, a decision Ramirez honor, that's why we have
tify him that the agency on May 7 to the govern- ticipate in DACA; the gov- is appealing. this process."q