I've never protested before in my entire life, but, uh...

Sorry.

I watched fourth and fifth grade kids run away from our own government.

I never want to see that again.

And I'm not going to stand by and watch my neighbors run away scared. It's not Camden County. It's not New Jersey. It's not the United States. I love the United States. I love New Jersey. I love Camden County. I love Lennon Wall too. But that's not what, you know, we are. It's not who we are. And I decided I can start to come out here and stay with you guys

and be part of this because I never want to see a child ever run away from all our own government ever

again. Sorry about getting emotional. Hi, everyone. It's five o'clock here in Washington, D.C.

I'm Alicia Menendez in for Nicole Wallace. What many believed was a central issue to Donald Trump's win in November of 2024, immigration, is now looking like his political Achilles heel.

And Donald Trump and Republicans have no one else but themselves to blame.

That was a local school official in New Jersey protesting after ICE agents were spotted near a bus stop, causing elementary school

students to flee. Security camera footage captured fourth and fifth graders, running away in fear,

warning each other that ICE was nearby. A school bus monitor telling local news, quote,

just kind of broke my heart because once they were actually on the bus,

they were just huddled up, like with their hands over their heads, like crying underneath the

seats. It was just a really horrible morning overall for them. I spent the majority of the ride

trying to console them and trying to get them to stop crying, she added. In a statement,

DHS said they were conducting a, quote,

targeted enforcement action to arrest someone they said had a criminal record and that for

their safety and that of the community, officers left without completing the arrest.

As the number of stories of terrified children and family separated continue to grow,

so has the backlash

with growing numbers of protesters taking to the streets many of whom like the

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