But the boy didn't realize at the time that without his mother able to renew her visa, his legal status -- which depended on hers -- soon lapsed. Last week ICE published a series of messages on Twitter stating that DACA status was no guarantee against deportation. 'ICE is ratcheting up fear'The ICE tweets came in a flurry on Thursday, without warning. "DACA is not a protected legal status, but active DACA recipients are typically a lower level of enforcement priority," one said. "Aliens granted deferred action from deportation are not protected by any kind of legal status, but are typically given a lower level of enforcement priority," an ICE official said.

Source: CNN March 12, 2017 21:01 UTC