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José Olivares

ICE deported 174 Daca recipients through most of last year, agency head says in letter

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According to ICE’s acting director, 270 Daca recipients were arrested in January-September of last year, and 174 were deported. Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AP

From January through September 2025, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 174 people who were renewing their protections from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program, the head of the agency has said in a letter reviewed by the Guardian.

The letter, written by ICE’s acting director, Todd Lyons, and sent to the Illinois congressional representative Delia Ramirez, also confirmed that a total of 270 Daca recipients were arrested during that same timeframe, or over the first nine months of Donald Trump’s second presidency.

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