A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately bring back a woman who was abruptly deported to Mexico last month, despite her active protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This ruling directly challenges the administration’s legal interpretation of DACA, with the judge calling the deportation a “flagrant violation” of the program’s core promise.
According to Politico, Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, who arrived in the United States in 1998 as an undocumented 15-year-old, was granted DACA protection in 2013. She lives in Sacramento with her 22-year-old US citizen daughter. Her story took a horrifying turn on February 18 when she attended a hearing as part of her process to attain lawful permanent residency.
