Clarification: Dreamer Immigrant Detained story

JACKSON, Miss. – In a story March 1 about an immigrant from Argentina who was detained by immigration officials in Mississippi after appearing at a news conference, The Associated Press reported that the immigrant, Daniela Vargas, was renewing her permission to stay in the country legally. The story should have specified that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows young immigrants living in the country illegally to stay and obtain work permits.

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