DHS fires back after Dem accuses ICE of 'needlessly' detaining boy with father after mom refused to take him

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of "needlessly" detaining a 5-year-old child with his illegal immigrant father after the agency said his mother refused to take custody.

In an X post featuring pictures of 5-year-old Liam Ramos, Duckworth, a second-term senator, wrote that "Trump's ICE snatched this bright, happy 5-year-old from his driveway."

"They shipped him 1,300 miles to suffer, without his mother, in a squalid Texas detention center.