At the same time, Department of Homeland Security officials denied Montes’ claim in a federal lawsuit that he had been deported, saying Wednesday he had voluntarily left the U.S. for Mexico. He would be the first so-called Dreamer — as DACA enrollees are known — to be deported by the Trump administration. His attorneys say Montes was detained by Border Patrol officials on Feb. 17 in Calexico and deported. After the Department of Homeland Security issued its statement correcting Montes’ DACA status and denying he had been deported, his attorneys reiterated their claim that he had been forcibly removed. One point immigration officials and Montes attorneys agree on is that Border Patrol officials detained Montes on Feb. 19 as he tried to scale a fence back into the U.S.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 20, 2017 02:22 UTC