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The Suburban Women Problem

Okay, But Why is ICE Detaining Children?

The Suburban Women Problem

Red Wine & Blue

News, Kids & Family, Politics, Parenting, Government

4.8850 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump promised to be “tough” on immigration on the campaign trail, vowing to “launch the largest deportation program of criminals in American history.” “Criminals,” he said. So why is ICE detaining children? And why do half of the adults held in ICE detention facilities have no criminal record? In New York, a mom and her three kids—including a third grader—were arrested by ICE and shipped off to a facility in Texas. In Louisiana, ICE deported a four-year-old with cancer to Honduras, de...

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0:00.0

There's so much happening in politics right now.

0:04.0

So red wine and blue is here to ask, okay, but why?

0:08.0

Three kids who aren't in these hallways Monday.

0:15.0

Taken away early last Thursday morning after federal agents went to North Harbor Dairy in the town of Houndsfield. Gaffney calls

0:21.6

it distressing. This is not about politics to us. This is about kids. This March, ICE agents,

0:28.8

that stands for immigration and customs enforcement, we're looking for a man from South Africa,

0:34.4

who is facing federal charges. After they arrested him, they continued

0:38.9

to knock on doors in the area, without a warrant, and ended up detaining seven other immigrants,

0:44.8

including a mom and her three kids. The family was trying to navigate the immigration system

0:50.9

in the right way, attending their immigration hearings.

0:55.4

But that didn't matter.

1:02.1

The mom and her kids, including a third grader, were arrested and shipped off to the Carnes County detention facility in Texas, almost 2,000 miles away.

1:07.7

Trump did promise to crack down on immigration during his presidential campaign,

1:11.8

but he claimed he was talking about criminals.

1:15.6

And on day one, I will launch the largest deportation program of criminals in American history.

1:22.4

We're going to get them out.

1:23.6

So why are they arresting children?

1:27.7

And why do half of the adults held in ICE detention centers have no criminal record?

1:34.6

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency was started in 2003 by President George W. Bush.

1:42.2

This isn't an agency with a long and storied history in this country.

1:46.4

It's barely over 20 years old.

1:49.0

It's currently run by a man named Todd Lyons,

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