By Cindy Ramirez, El Paso Matters At about 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, in Horizon City, three unmarked vehicles blocked Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira’s car and seven plainclothes men – some masked and armed – pulled him from the driver’s seat, court documents show. The men didn’t identify themselves or produce any kind of warrant. Gamez Lira, a 28-year-old forklift operator and DACA recipient, is now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico. He’s facing removal procedures.

It was 4 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3, when Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, 28, also a DACA recipient, was approached by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at El Paso International Airport. Agents, who didn’t have a warrant, detained he

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