Seattle ‘Dreamer’ won’t get immigration trial moved up

Published February 28, 2017 12:36am ET



A federal magistrate in Seattle on Monday refused to move up an immediate hearing for a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who was arrested earlier this month by federal immigration agents.

U.S. Magistrate Judge James Donohue blocked a request by Daniel Ramirez Medina’s lawyers, adding that the 23-year-old in custody was already on an expedited schedule.

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