Immigrant with expired visa asks for deportation court hearing

By Anna Giaritelli

Published March 4, 2017 2:09am ET

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Immigrant with expired visa asks for deportation court hearing — Patricia Ice, an attorney with the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, left, hands out flyers to Jordan Sanders of Vicksburg, that call for the freeing of 22-year old Daniela Vargas, a Argentine native who has lived in the United States since she was seven years old, following a brief rally on her behalf, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2017, Vargas was detained, March 1, by immigration agents who state that she is a "unlawfully present Argentinian citizen" during a "targeted immigration enforcement action." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) | Rogelio V. Solis

An illegal immigrant who was taken into federal custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents because her Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status was expired moved on Friday to request a judge hear her case. She had to make the request because receiving a hearing is not required in the cases of previous visa waiver recipients.

Federal agents detained Daniela Vargas on Wednesday after she spoke at a press conference and identified herself to the public as lacking documentation to be in the U.S.

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