"That includes those who, like Arias, were seeking asylum. The big picture: ICE routinely detains children whose parents are arrested and targeted for deportation. In fact, creating detention space for families before they're deported has been a priority of Trump's second administration. The idea, officials have said, is to deport children with their parents so as not to separate them."
"Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that "ICE did not target a child," but said agents were after his father, "who was released into the U.S. by the Biden administration." She didn't respond to a follow-up question about whether Arias had a court notice to appear or a final deportation order. Typically immigrants in the asylum process aren't held in detention while making what's known as an "affirmative claim" for asylum."
Federal officials said ICE agents detained a boy after his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled officers attempting to arrest him. The boy and his father are at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. The episode reflects that hundreds of children have been held in family detention with parents amid efforts to deport immigrants, including asylum seekers. Officials have prioritized creating detention space to deport families together rather than separate them. Critics criticized the seizure while noting the family had an active asylum case and lacked a deportation order. Homeland Security stated agents targeted the father.
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