03/24/2026
💔"12 days after his youngest daughter was born prematurely, Juan Chavez Velasco was on his way to deliver milk to her hospital room — still in his own neighborhood in Weslaco, Texas — when immigration agents pulled in front of his car. His wife, Stephanie Villarreal, 32, was on the phone with him and heard the agents yell at him to get out of the vehicle. 'I immediately became really panicked,' she said in an interview with MS NOW. He told them he had children. He told them he had a wife. He told them he had DACA. He remembers their response. 'They said, ‘That doesn’t matter,’' Chavez Velasco recalled."
🥺"Doce días después de que su hija menor naciera prematuramente, Juan Chávez Velasco se dirigía a llevarle leche a su habitación en el hospital —hallándose aún en su propio vecindario en Weslaco, Texas— cuando unos agentes de inmigración se interpusieron frente a su automóvil. Su esposa, Stephanie Villarreal, de 32 años, hablaba con él por teléfono y escuchó a los agentes gritarle que saliera del vehículo. «De inmediato me invadió el pánico», relató en una entrevista con MS NOW. Él les dijo que tenía hijos. Les dijo que tenía esposa. Les dijo que tenía DACA. Él recuerda la respuesta de ellos. «Dijeron: "Eso no importa"», rememoró Chávez Velasco."
Juan Chavez Velasco’s case reflects a growing pattern: The Trump administration is targeting Dreamers who once believed DACA shielded them — and letting their renewals expire unanswered.