California DACA recipient sues Trump administration over her deportation

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WASHINGTON — Attorneys for a Sacramento DACA recipient who was deported to Mexico last month have filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking her immediate return to the U.S.Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, 42, was detained Feb.

18 during a scheduled interview for her green card application.She was deported to Mexico the next day, despite having active deportation protection through the Obama-era program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

According to the lawsuit, Estrada Juarez, who worked as a regional manager for Motel 6, was deported without being provided notice of a lawful removal order and without the opportunity to fight her case before an immigration judge.“Maria’s deportation was unlawful and violated basic principles of due process,” said her attorney Stacy Tolchin.

“She had a valid DACA status, she appeared for her immigration appointment as instructed, and she should never have been removed from the country.”Estrada Juarez’s case garnered public attention and outrage from members of Congress, including Sen.Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), after being published in the Sacramento Bee.

Politics Members of Congress said the Department of Homeland Security has provided conflicting data about how many DACA recipients have been detained and deported.According to her lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday,it’s unclear whether an order for her removal was ever issued.And even if one was issued, the complaint says, “Petitioner could not legally be removed from the United States while in DACA status.”The complaint states that the one document Estrada Juarez received was a verification of her physical removal from the U.S.

— not a removal order.The document states that she is barred from returning to the U.S.

for 10 years because she had been ordered removed by an immigration judge.The lawsuit calls that contention untrue — Estrada Juarez has nev...