ICE Deports 174 DACA Recipients; Trump Signs Psychedelics Order Amid Mixed News
From January through September 2025, ICE deported 174 DACA recipients and arrested 270 total, according to a letter from ICE acting director Todd Lyons to a congressional representative. Separately, President Trump signed an executive order to accelerate research and access to psychedelic treatments for PTSD. Other notable developments include an arson attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home, a fraud charge against New York's SantaCon organizer, British police investigating antisemitism-linked arson in London, and ECB officials expressing cautious optimism as US-Iran peace talks progress.
Progressive outlets highlight the deportation of DACA recipients as a violation of protections for individuals brought to the US as children, framing it as an escalation of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement against vulnerable communities.
ICE confirmed in official correspondence that 174 DACA recipients were deported and 270 were arrested in the first nine months of 2025, representing a documented shift in enforcement policy toward a program that had previously shielded recipients from removal.
Conservative outlets are likely to frame DACA deportations as lawful enforcement of immigration statutes, arguing that recipients without legal status are subject to the same rules as other undocumented individuals regardless of their age of arrival.
ICE confirmed in official correspondence that 174 DACA recipients were deported and 270 were arrested in the first nine months of 2025, representing a documented shift in enforcement policy toward a program that had previously shielded recipients from removal.
ICE deported 174 DACA recipients between January and September 2025, according to a letter from the agency's acting director to a U.S. congressional representative.