ICE reside updates: Immigration officers reward 5-year-old’s remedy after detention and slam his household for not opening door
Immigration officials boasted about how well federal law enforcement cared for a 5-year-old detainee after a photo of the young child being held by an officer sparked nationwide outrage.
Greg Bovino, the senior Board Patrol official overseeing operations in Minnesota, asserted it was better for the 5-year-old to be in immigration enforcement custody than without his parents in social services’ care.
“My officers stayed with the child. They cared for him. Took him to get something to eat from a drive-thru restaurant and spent hours ensuring he was taken care of,” ICE official Marcos Charles said.
“Again, my officers did that, not his father … his family refused to open the door,” Charles claimed.
DHS disputed narratives that the boy was used as “bait” to get people to open their door for immigration enforcement and claimed the child’s mother and father “abandoned” him after being approached by federal officers.
A school official who witnessed some of the encounter has given a conflicting report, saying adults in the home offered to take the child, but immigration officers refused.
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Watch: Immigration officials laud 5-year-old’s treatment after detention and slam his family for not opening door
Demonstration taking place at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport
A group of protesters is gathered at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, outside of Terminal 1, to oppose an alleged connection between the airport, Delta Air Lines, and immigration enforcement, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.
Some demonstrators are accusing Delta Air Lines of working with the Trump administration to fly detainees out of Minnesota.
The Independent has asked Delta Airlines for comment.
Border Patrol chief says immigration officers are ‘experts in dealing with children’
Gregory Bovino, the commander-at-large for Border Patrol operations in Minnesota, said immigration officers were “experts in dealing with children.”
In response to questions about the 5-year-old boy detained by immigration enforcement earlier this week, Bovino asserted that agents were trained well to deal with children “because we have to be.”
“I challenge any other law enforcement agency, anywhere nationwide, to show me the fantastic care that ICE and US Border Patrol provide children,” Bovino said in a Friday morning press conference
Protest will continue despite ‘extreme cold’ warning
Protests are still expected to take place in the Twin Cities Friday despite much of the state under an “extreme cold warning.”
The National Weather Service said portions northwests, north central and west central Minnesota could see “dangerously cold wind chills” as low as -50°F.
DHS calls on Minnesota officials to assist after detaining US citizen in underwear
After misidentifying a US citizen as a “criminal” and arresting him while he was wearing only underwear, the Department of Homeland Security called on local law enforcement to assist federal officers in its immigration enforcement.
ChongLy “Scott’ Thao, a U.S. citizen, was arrested at his home after federal immigration agents bashed down his door and brought into subfreezing temperatures wearing only his underwear. DHS initially thought he may have been an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record, but later realized he was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record.
He was later released.
In a statement, the agency said, “This is exactly what we have been saying: We need state and local law enforcement engagement and information so we don’t have to have such a presence on the streets.”
ICE agents can now forcibly enter homes without judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are now claiming extensive authority to forcibly enter private residences without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo obtained by The Associated Press. This marks a significant departure from long-established guidance designed to uphold constitutional limits on government searches.
The directive permits ICE agents to use force to gain entry to a home based solely on a more limited administrative warrant, specifically to arrest individuals with a final order of removal.
This move, say advocates, directly conflicts with Fourth Amendment protections and overturns years of advice given to immigrant communities regarding their rights.
ICE agents can now forcibly enter homes without judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are now claiming extensive authority to forcibly enter private residences without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo obtained by The Associated Press. This marks a significant departure from long-established guidance designed to uphold constitutional limits on government searches.
The directive permits ICE agents to use force to gain entry to a home based solely on a more limited administrative warrant, specifically to arrest individuals with a final order of removal.
This move, say advocates, directly conflicts with Fourth Amendment protections and overturns years of advice given to immigrant communities regarding their rights.
Watch: JD Vance defends five-year-old being detained by agents in Minnesota
DHS claims immigration officers were ‘taking care’ of 5-year-old detained
The Department of Homeland Security is now accusing the parents of a 5-year-old boy, detained by ICE, of “abandoning” him, leaving him in the care of immigration enforcement officers.
Immigration officials have been subject to nationwide criticism after a photo of the boy being detained Tuesday was released. School officials said the boy and his father were detained and accused immigration agents of using the child as “bait” by having him knock on doors so they could apprehend others.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for DHS, called the narrative about the boy and his father a “horrific smear.”
“His own father was being approached by ICE agents when he darted, ran, and abandoned the child,” McLaughlin told Newsmax Friday morning.
“Officers actually were taking care of the child, brought him to McDonald’s, were playing his favorite music to really calm him down,” McLaughlin asserted.
McLaughlin said immigration officials tried to bring the boy into custody with his mother, but she refused. A school official claimed she heard an adult in a home offer to take the child, but immigration denied the request.
Source: independent.co.uk
