perez saying this friday on the beat. i am confident that if we can get an up or down vote and when we get an up or down vote, i m confident that vote would pass. we ve got to keep fighting as democrats. and the wheels of justice on this have spun way too slowly. they are it s unconscionable that dreamers are being used as pawns in a broader political game. that is what donald trump is doing. meanwhile, washington post reporting immigration officers are increasing arrest of immigrants even with no criminal conviction, stories like this from around the country. i.c.e. has deported lilliana cruz mendez to her native salvador. mendez had been making regular check-ins to immigration. but when she came in last month, i.c.e. arrested her. joelle has been deported to guatemala. joelle is married to a u.s. citizen, has no criminal history and has been employed and paid taxes for the last 14 years. a family torn apart after a