JD Vance Fires Back At Reporter Accusing ICE Of Arresting Five-Year-Old

Vice President J.D. Vance clapped back at a reporter who accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of arresting an illegal alien’s five-year-old in Minnesota.

The child, Liam Conejo Ramos, entered a federal immigration enforcement vehicle after agents detained his illegal alien father in their driveway on Thursday. Vance stated during a speech in Minneapolis that the boy’s father ran off without his son as agents approached to arrest him, which prompted agents to make sure the boy remained safe.

“I actually saw this terrible story while I was coming to Minneapolis,” Vance said. “We just left Toledo, Ohio, this morning for an economicmessaging event and I see this story. And I’m a father of a five-year-old actually, a five-year-oldlittle boy, and I think to myself, ‘oh my god, this is terrible.’ How did we arrest a five-year-old? Well, Ido a little bit more follow-up research and what I find is that the five-year-old was not arrested, that his dad was an illegal alien and then when they went to arrest his illegal alienfather, the father ran.”

“So, the story is that ICE detained a five-year-old. Well, what are theysupposed to do?” Vance continued. “Are they supposed to let a five-year-old child freeze to death? Are theynot supposed to arrest an illegal alien in the United States of America? If the argument is thatyou can’t arrest people who have violated laws because they have children then every singleparent is going to be completely given immunity from ever being the subject of law enforcement.That doesn’t make any sense.” 

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The White House condemned the media on Thursday for omitting the full context, stating that the agents were ensuring the child did not freeze. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)