Daniela Vargas: Driveway Immigration and Ice Agents

daniela vargas: Rogelio V. Solis / The Associated Press By Samantha Schmidt The Washington Post Thu., March 2, 2017 About two weeks ago, Daniela Vargas hid in the bedroom closet of her Jackson, Miss., home after watching immigration officials handcuff her father in the family's driveway, according to Toronto Star. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained the 22-year-old's father and brother, Argentines who were living in the country illegally, amid the Trump administration's aggressive deportation effort that has riled immigrant communities across the country. Vargas was detained by ICE agents following the conference. Although Vargas was in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program which allows young immigrants living in the country illegally to stay and obtain work permits she feared that immigration officials would come after her next. Today my father and brother await deportation, she said, while I continue to fight this battle as a dreamer to help contribute to this country which I feel that is very much my country. But those fears did not stop Vargas from speaking out at a news conference Wednesday at Jackson City Hall, alongside immigrant rights advocates. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.