Two DACA Recipients Arrested for Human Smuggling, Await Deportation

Border Patrol agents patrol the US-Mexico border fence near the rural town of Campo, some 60 miles east of San Diego, Calif., on July 30, 2009. On Jan. 25, a DACA recipient was arrest nearby on human smuggling charges. David McNew/Getty Images

Border Patrol agents near San Diego arrested two recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) for human smuggling in two separate incidents.

In the first incident, on Jan. 25, agents arrested two illegal aliens in east San Diego County, after spotting two suspicious vehicles in the area, according to a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) press release. Agents followed one of the vehicles and conducted an immigration inspection at a checkpoint.