DACA recipient detained, denied bond hearing by ICE; ACLU Nebraska files suit

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 812

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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OMAHA — In what advocates see as a troubling escalation of immigration enforcement in Nebraska, federal officials detained a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. since he was a kindergartner, and have denied him a bond hearing.

On Thursday, the ACLU of Nebraska filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Joel Angel-Becerril, 27, who is in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and authorized to work until 2027.

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