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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has remained silent after her criticism of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over a narrative that NBC Information was compelled to right earlier this week.
Omar’s remarks got here in response to an article the outlet initially posted on X with the caption, “ICE brokers held a 5-year-old autistic lady exterior her Massachusetts residence to strain her father to give up to authorities final week, in keeping with the lady’s household.”
“That is vile and past merciless. Abolish ICE,” Omar posted in response on Tuesday.
That X put up by NBC Information has since been deleted, nonetheless, and the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) denied the account.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks throughout a mark-up assembly with the Home Price range Committee on Capitol Hill on Could 16, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)
A subsequent put up by the outlet learn, “Video exhibits ICE with 5-year-old lady whereas brokers try to arrest her father. Correction: An earlier model of this text mischaracterized the actions of ICE brokers within the video. The article has been up to date.”
Omar’s put up remained as-is, nonetheless, and remains to be up as of Thursday morning.
Fox Information Digital reached out to her congressional workplace and her marketing campaign to ask for remark and whether or not she deliberate on amending the put up, however no response was given.
A video obtained by Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra exhibits the lady sitting beside a legislation enforcement SUV, holding a bottle, whereas surrounded by a number of male officers exterior her residence in Leominster final Tuesday.
NBC reported that the daddy, Edwards Hip Mejia, informed his spouse he believed he was being adopted and drove residence. As soon as there, he allegedly ran towards the parking zone, however brokers “grabbed” their daughter, the spouse informed Telemundo.
The lady’s mom might be heard telling officers her daughter is on the spectrum earlier than demanding they return her baby.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin responded to Omar on X, calling the progressive’s phrases “merciless” as a substitute.
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Dallas Police examine the scene the place a shooter opened fireplace on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. (Stewart F. Home/Getty Pictures)
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“ICE brokers NEVER used a 5-year-old lady as ‘bait.’ The felony unlawful alien goal —with earlier arrests for home abuse and strangulation, amongst different prices—ABANDONED his personal baby in a automotive,” McLaughlin wrote.
“The goal, Edwards Hip Mejia, ignored legislation enforcement emergency lights to drag over and drove again to his home. He fled from the automotive, gave officers the double center finger, and darted inside his home. He deserted his 5-year-old daughter within the automotive. Officers helped rescue the kid and known as native police to report the abandonment.”
Omar’s put up got here a day earlier than a gunman opened fireplace on an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas, killing one detainee and critically injuring two others.
DHS has mentioned it “seems to be motivated by a hatred for ICE.”
