US EditionFamily Says ICE Held 5-Year-Old Outside Massachusetts Home to Force Father's Surrender
ICE detained a 5-year-old autistic girl to pressure her father, who has lived in the U.S. for 22 years and has an active asylum claim, sparking calls for investigation.
- A family claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents used a 5-year-old autistic girl as bait to lure her father, Edwards Hip Mejia, out of their home, as reported by Telemundo.
- Tricia McLaughlin from the Department of Homeland Security denied the allegations, stating that ICE agents never used a 5-year-old girl as 'bait.'
- McLaughlin stated that Mejia abandoned his daughter in a car and fled from the car, giving officers the double middle finger, before darting inside his house.
- Mejia was arrested two days later and is currently being held at an ICE detention center in Plymouth, Massachusetts, according to his wife.
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Massachusetts police chief backs DHS’ claim that news video of ICE interaction fell short
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NBC’s Shameless Lie EXPOSED: Network Forced to Retract Claim that ICE Used 5-Year-Old Autistic Girl as “Bait” — In Reality, Her Criminal Alien Father Abandoned Her in a Car and Agents Heroically Rescued the Child | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
NBC News has once again been caught red-handed peddling a false narrative to smear law enforcement and score political points.
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NEW: DHS Fact Checks Ilhan Omar On Bogus 'Abolish ICE' Post
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was quickly fact-checked by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after she quoted a bogus, already retracted story in a post in which she called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished. Omar was speaking reference to a story from NBC News titled, “Video shows ICE with 5-year-old girl while agents attempt to arrest her father,” which has since been deleted by the outlet. “This is vile an…
Leominster family accuses ICE agents of using their daughter to trap, detain her parents - Boston News, Weather, Sports
A Leominster family, targeted by ICE, is accusing immigration agents of using their young daughter as bait to trap and detain her undocumented parents. Cell phone video recorded by Edwards Hip Mejia’s wife shows the girl, 5, in their driveway, surrounded by armed federal officers. Her parents can be heard arguing and pleading with the agents from inside their home, but the family said agents refused to bring the girl to the door. The family’s at…
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