Biography
Daniela Vargas is a Mississippi immigrant-rights advocate who previously received DACA protection. ICE detained her on March 1, 2017, shortly after she spoke at a Jackson news conference about immigration enforcement and her family's arrests. Her legal team alleged retaliation for protected speech. She was released under an order of supervision on March 10, 2017; release did not itself resolve the removal order. This is a historical detention record.
Case history and verification
Daniela Vargas is a Mississippi immigrant-rights advocate who previously received DACA protection. ICE detained her on March 1, 2017, shortly after she spoke at a Jackson news conference about immigration enforcement and her family's arrests. Her legal team alleged retaliation for protected speech. She was released under an order of supervision on March 10, 2017; release did not itself resolve the removal order. This is a historical detention record.
Status reviewed October 8, 2026: Historical case. The profile records the last documented outcome; no current ICE custody is asserted.
Sources
Verified detail sources (October 8, 2026): ABC News’s March 10, 2017 account uses she/her for Daniela Vargas and identifies the March 1 Jackson press-conference arrest. The reported age of 22 is historical and is not converted to a birthdate. Source 1.
Photo source: Autostraddle, via Jackson Free Press. Photo by Imani Khayyam / Jackson Free Press. Source image reproduced without further alteration.