To: Department of Homeland Security, Trump administration
Free Juan Chavez Velasco!
Juan Chavez Velasco was driving to bring his newborn daughter in the NICU milk when ICE agents surrounded his vehicle, arrested him, and transported him to a detention camp more than 170 miles away from his wife and three children.
He never even got a chance to hold his newborn.
Juan belongs home, with his family and his children. Add your name to demand he be released immediately!
Why is this important?
The Trump administration’s arrest and detainment of Juan demonstrates an escalation in their targeting of DACA recipients. Neighbors who have spent their entire lives in this country are now living in fear that they will be ripped away from the only home they know—their families and loved ones left behind.
And as DACA applications are being delayed and ignored, many now fear that the legal channels they have been encouraged and told to go through will be instead used to track, target, and deport them. And they have reason to be worried: The administration has already deported 86 DACA recipients and 174 applicants.
There are more than 500,000 DACA recipients in this country. Students, workers, parents, and neighbors who are important pillars of our community. We have to speak out now to demand not only Juan be brought home and reunited with his family, but to defend every DACA recipient and immigrant in this country against the rising abuse, harassment, and violence of this administration.
Add your name to the petition to demand Juan be reunited with his family—and send a clear message to the Trump administration that we stand with DACA recipients!