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"Police Chief Blows Up ICE Barbie Goon’s Story About Child Detained by ICE
Tricia McLaughlin said a seventh-grader detained by ICE and sent to another state had been 'in possession of a firearm' when he was arrested.
A police chief has revealed that no gun was found on a 13-year-old boy who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite a top Department of Homeland Security official’s claims.
Reports that a seventh-grader had been arrested by federal agents and taken to a juvenile detention center more than 500 miles away from his family sparked widespread outrage.
Amid the social media furor, Tricia McLaughlin, who as assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security is Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s top communications official, went to bat for ICE on her official social media account.
She posted on X: 'Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property. He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested.'
DHS then followed suit, posting: 'Not only was this individual in possession of a firearm and a 5-7 inch knife when arrested, he also had an EXTENSIVE rap sheet.'
However, according to officials, McLaughlin’s 'facts' around the ICE detention weren’t entirely true.
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McLaughlin is a regular mouthpiece for DHS on network television news channels, and her X account features a clip of her arguing with an ABC News host in which she boasts, 'I can do this all day.'
As the Daily Beast reported on Tuesday, McLaughlin made a false claim about the violent arrest of an American teen girl in a clip that went viral.
With community anger swelling on Tuesday night, and with classmates and immigrant-rights groups packing Everett’s council chamber and demanding the child’s return to Massachusetts, there was also anger directed toward the DHS and McLaughlin.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, said on X: 'Yet another sign @DHSgov and [McLaughlin]’s ‘fact checks’ are not trustworthy.'"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-chief-blows-up-ice-barbie-goons-story-about-child-detained-by-ice/