Last Friday, federal immigration agents arrested and threatened to deport a 23-year-old immigrant who had successfully applied for protection under the former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. Daniel Ramirez Medina was detained at his father’s home in Des Moines, Wash., for allegedly being affiliated with a gang — a charge that his lawyers deny “unequivocally,” citing Medina’s clean criminal record.

Medina’s arrest raises serious questions about President Trump’s recent promise to keep DACA in place for the foreseeable future. Having been elected on a wave on anti-immigrant sentiment, many observers expected Trump to nullify DACA by executive fiat as a means of appearing tough on border control. Yet, in a surprise move, the president went on record last month comforting DACA recipients.