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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Uriel J. García

ICE seeks to deport DACA recipient after arrest at El Paso airport

Desiree Miller, 25, the partner of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who was detained by immigration agents at El Paso International Airport in August, speaks to press during a rally for Xochitl’s release outside of the El Paso Service Processing Center, an immigration detention center in El Paso on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.
Desiree Miller, 25, the partner of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient detained by immigration agents at El Paso International Airport in August, speaks at a rally for Xochitl’s release outside of the El Paso Service Processing Center on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Paul Ratje for The Texas Tribune)

EL PASO — In early August, Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago had arrived at the local airport to catch a flight to Austin. But after passing through the security checkpoint, two Border Patrol agents approached Santiago, a 28-year-old immigrant from Mexico, asked for her identification and questioned how she obtained a work authorization card.

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