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Ya'akub Ira Vijandre's transfer from a North Texas detention facility to a Georgia processing center more than 1,000 miles away has activists and his legal defense team concerned.
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A coalition of about a dozen immigration rights groups gathered in front of Dallas City Hall Friday morning, asking the city not to sign onto the federal 287(g) program — under which local law enforcement partners with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Immigration officials detained Ya'akub Ira Vijandre earlier this month for allegedly overstaying his visa and for a social media posts "glorifying terrorism." Attorneys with a coalition of rights groups say Vijandre is protected under DACA.
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Attorneys for Marwan Marouf denounced the new charges as politically motivated.
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Muslim community leader Marwan Marouf was denied bond by a federal immigration judge. His attorneys claim the decision was "unjust" and plan to appeal the decision.
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Jose Andres Bordones Molina, one of three detainees shot when a gunman opened fire on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, is now at a detention center south of Fort Worth. He is the lone survivor of the shooting.
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The office had been closed since last Wednesday, when a shooter opened fire outside the office, killing two detainees and injuring a third.
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A man shot at a Dallas ICE facility last week has died, according to family. Miguel Ángel García-Hernández is the second detainee killed in the attack.
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Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."
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Speakers at the event said they had little information about the victims, but urged for more transparency from law enforcement.
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Marwan Marouf was detained by ICE Monday morning after being denied a permanent residency application, a legal group said. Marouf served the DFW Chapter of the Muslim-American Society in a leadership role.
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Migrants who were being processed at the downtown Dallas ICE field office were transported to a different facility 40 miles away. One attorney said that could make their cases more difficult.
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The notes say he was targeting immigration agents and wanted to cause terror, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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One detainee was killed and two others injured in the shooting. Though federal officials are investigating it as an "anti-ICE" attack, many migrants and immigration advocates are worried they'll be further targeted because of it.