The Heartbreaking Story of What Really Happened When ICE 'Arrested' That Little Boy
Teri Christoph
It's been well over 24 hours since Trump administration officials debunked the media narrative that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had "arrested" a five-year-old boy in Minneapolis. The truth, of course, was that the little boy's father, an illegal alien, abandoned his son – in frigid temperatures, no less – after they were approached by the agents, and the agents then took care of the little guy.
As RedState reported on Thursday, both the Department of Homeland Security and Vice President JD Vance schooled the obtuse media on what really happened. Here's Vance after being confronted by a testy reporter in Minneapolis:
Well, I did a little bit more follow up research, and what I find is that the five-year-old was not arrested [and] that his dad was an illegal alien. And when they went to arrest his illegal alien father, the father ran. So, the story is that ICE detained a five-year-old, [but] what are they supposed to do? Are they supposed to let a five-year-old child freeze to death? Are they not supposed to arrest an illegal alien in the United States of America?
Even with the truth out there, the media and other leftist agitators spent Thursday and Friday perpetuating the lie that ICE was preying on children. Well, ICE officials have now set the record straight: the boy was, indeed, abandoned by his father and cared for by ICE agents ... and his family didn't want him when officials attempted to return him to his home.
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https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/01/23/heres-exactly-what-happened-when-ice-arrested-that-little-boy-and-its-heartbreaking-n2198454
