The Border Patrol arrested Vargas on Monday morning at a checkpoint in the airport before he could board a flight to Houston
On the Border, Activist’s Arrest Rattles the ‘Dreamers’
McALLEN, Texas — Visitors staying at the Wingate by Wyndham hotel in this suddenly notorious border town were awakened by the chants and finger snaps of protesters outside.
Across the avenue, at the local airport, the U.S. Border Patrol had arrested a man who is a symbol of their movement. So the protesters gathered in the empty parking lot of the La Plaza Mall, behind the hotel, to express their support for their detained leader.
“It is our duty to fight for freedom; it is our duty to win,” the group of 20 or so activists chanted.
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