ICE Detains DACA Dad En Route to NICU Baby
March 19, 2026·about 2 hours ago·via The Mirror US

ICE agents detain Texas father Chavez Velasco, a DACA recipient, as he heads to deliver breast milk to his premature newborn daughter in the NICU. Agents dismiss his protected status and arrest him despite his U.S. citizen wife and three children waiting at home. He tells reporters from Webb County Detention Center in Laredo, Texas, "I never got to hold her." The Trump administration targets Dreamers, noting DACA offers no legal status and urges self-deportation for $2,600 with a free flight. Read more about this...