ICE officials arrest Dreamer, 22, moments after she spoke to the media about her fears of deportation
Argentinian Daniela Vargas was detained by ICE agents in Jackson, Mississippi
The 22-year-old ‘Dreamer’ had just left a press conference at Jackson City Hall
Family friend Angela Stuesse said of Vargas: ‘She’s Mississippian by heart’
Senator Kamala Harris said: ‘Talking publicly about fears of deportation is not a crime and should not get someone detained’
CHRIS SUMMERS
DailyMail.com
2 March 2017
A young woman was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as she left a press conference where she had urged President Donald Trump to protect so-called ‘Dreamers’ like her who are in the process of renewing permission to remain in the United States legally.
Daniela Vargas, 22, who is originally from Argentina, was detained by ICE agents who pulled over a friend’s car on a nearby freeway after she left a coalition of clergy and civil rights lawyers in Jackson, Mississippi.
Vargas was seven years old when her parents brought her from the city of Cordoba, Argentina.
She graduated from high school in 2013, attended community college and started at the University of Southern Mississippi, aspiring to be a math professor.
Miss Vargas, who is eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, said at the press conference: ‘A path for citizenship is necessary for DACA recipients but also for the other 11 million undocumented people with dreams.’
She recalled watching ICE agents taking away her father and brother and said: ‘I was scared for my life.’
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