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El Paso DACA Recipient Remains in ICE Jail After Judge Ends Deportation Proceedings

HeadlineSep 11, 2025
Image Credit: Instagram/@spanglishdreamers

In Texas, immigrant rights groups and supporters are demanding the release of an El Paso DACA recipient after a federal judge terminated her deportation proceedings. Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago is a longtime community organizer who was seized by Border Patrol agents at the El Paso airport in early August as she was about to board a domestic flight for work. Santiago remains in an ICE jail even after Immigration Judge Michael Pleters ruled Monday that her DACA status remains valid and that she cannot be deported or moved until federal judges can review her case. 

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