A spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security said ICE took the child into custody “out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the child’s safety" after his uncle could not establish legal guardianship. DHS denied any wrongdoing and said agents designated the 8-year-old as an unaccompanied minor and placed him in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, a 2008 law meant to provide protections for unaccompanied immigrant children

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Guerline Jozef, the executive director of the nonprofit Haitian Bridge Alliance, said ICE did not give the father an opportunity to transfer guardianship before deporting him “without taking into account the wellbeing of the children left behind.”

They deported the father, and didn’t give a chance to transfer custody to the uncle, and then despite that the uncle was taking care of the boy, used that as an excuse to deport him - citing, of all things, laws meant to protect refugees and victims.

It amazes me how utterly and fully they use the very laws established to protect people to harm them. Stephen Miller is one of the most evil people living, and in 2026, that is saying something.