Kansas City Youngsters Write To Save Deported Dreamer Dad

Our only insight into this story . . .

As always, TKC thinks about the future . . . 

These are AMERICAN youngsters putting pen to paper in order to push back against mass deportation. The question: How will younger American view this crackdown in the future???

We don't have the answers other than to say that even progressive local media doesn't like to bring up the harsh reality of Operation Wetback and how it was even rougher than the current White House plan yet still didn't seem to work. 

Still . . .

For both supporters & critics . .  . This story is important to understand . . . 

The children have written heartfelt letters addressed to the government, pleading for mercy and asking for their father's release from federal custody.

He is a recipient of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

DACA protects undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, allowing them to work and study legally. But it also comes with strict limitations—any criminal offense can threaten their status.

In 2018, he was pulled over and found with marijuana and a gun in his vehicle.

Though Missouri is a permitless carry state, federal law prohibits DACA recipients from possessing firearms. He was placed on probation.

Now, that incident has resurfaced—placing him squarely in the crosshairs of renewed immigration enforcement under the Trump administration’s crackdown.

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'I won't have a parent': KC siblings write emotional letters to save dad from deportation