ICE "Kidnapped" a Child? Wrong. Federal Authorities Refused to Release Him to an Unapproved Sponsor
An October 5 Mother Jones investigation, titled "You Kidnapped My Son," accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of separating an 11-year-old Venezuelan boy from his father and refusing to return him to his family. The post ICE "Kidnapped" a Child? Wrong. Federal Authorities Refused to Release Him to an Unapproved Sponsor appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
TL;DR
- Mother Jones reported that ICE separated an 11-year-old Venezuelan boy from his father and denied his return to family.
- The boy's father, Jesús Eduardo Reyes Hermes, had Temporary Protected Status (TPS) terminated and missed an immigration hearing.
- ICE arrested the father, and the boy, identified as J.R.C., was taken into custody with him before being transferred to ORR as an unaccompanied minor.
- The father's detention created a childcare issue, and a potential sponsor, Mariana, withdrew her application due to lacking a required taxpayer identification number.
- A federal judge ruled the boy had no available parent or legal guardian in the U.S. and no approved sponsor.
- The father was released on bond, but the boy remained in ORR custody, facing asylum denial and expedited removal proceedings for the father.
- The boy was granted voluntary departure to Venezuela and reunited with his biological mother.
- Allegations that U.S. authorities failed to notify the mother of the boy's arrival are unsubstantiated by independent documentation.