'I never got to hold her': ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit his baby in NICU
MSNBC·2026-03-19 20:23

12 days after his youngest daughter was born prematurely, Juan Chavez Velasco was on his way to deliver milk to her hospital room, when immigration agents pulled in front of his car. He says he told the agents he had DACA and they told him "that doesn't matter." In an MS NOW exclusive interview Laura Barrón-López interviewed Chavez Velasco over the phone from the Webb County Detention Center. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is ...

'I never got to hold her': ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit his baby in NICU - Reportify