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Outrage in Minnesota: ICE Agents Arrest 5-Year-Old Boy After School

Published January 22, 2026, 08:17
Outrage in Minnesota: ICE Agents Arrest 5-Year-Old Boy After School

Outrage has erupted in the US following the arrest of a five-year-old boy and his father by ICE agents, just hours after the child returned from school in Minnesota. According to local authorities, the agents used the child to determine if anyone else was in the house, asking him to ring the doorbell. The family has an active asylum application and had entered the US legally. The arrest has sparked strong reactions, with many condemning ICE's tactics as inhumane and abusive. The Department of Homeland Security maintains that the operation was targeted at the father and that the child was not the target, claiming the father attempted to flee, leaving the child behind. This is the fourth incident of a child being arrested by ICE in two weeks.