DHS defends locking up critically ill baby by blaming migrant mother: ‘The mother chose’

The Department of Homeland Security sparked outrage Tuesday after reports revealed that a two-month old baby with bronchitis was being held in an immigration detention center in Texas, and on Wednesday, DHS went on an unhinged posting spree defending its lockup of the critically ill infant.

The infant, Juan Nicolás, is currently incarcerated at the South Texas Family Residential Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Dilley, Texas, a facility that’s become infamous...