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B.See

(8,135 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 07:51 PM 23 hrs ago

DHS defends locking up critically ill baby by blaming migrant mother

THEY... ARE... MONSTERS:

DHS defends locking up critically ill baby by blaming migrant mother - Rawstory via MSN

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 for the amount of children held within its walls.

Nicolás was detained with her mother, who relayed to Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) that her newborn became “unresponsive” on Tuesday due to their condition, but was still discharged from the hospital and placed back in detention.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, DHS did not refute any of the accusations leveled against it, and instead, went on a social media posting spree responding to several critics to cast blame for the infant’s dire situation on his mother.


‘Monstrous’: ICE Deports 2-Month-Old Juan Nicolás Hours After Hospitalization - Common Dreams “To unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous,” said US Rep. Joaquin Castro.
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DHS defends locking up critically ill baby by blaming migrant mother (Original Post) B.See 23 hrs ago OP
3,000 per day. That's the goal. Body count consequences be damned. underpants 23 hrs ago #1
That baby has now been deported. iemanja 23 hrs ago #2
Nazis pfitz59 23 hrs ago #3
courtesy of the "pro-life Christian" party Skittles 23 hrs ago #4
It's typical fascist humor struggle4progress 23 hrs ago #5
Josef Mengele still exists. IcyPeas 23 hrs ago #6
At least Mengele didn't wear a mask. nt SeattleVet 21 hrs ago #9
Fucking sickening and inhumane Blue Owl 22 hrs ago #7
Those concentration camps they are building across America..... OGBuzz 21 hrs ago #10
Monsters sakabatou 22 hrs ago #8
Well can't actually expect that B.See 1 hr ago #11

struggle4progress

(125,810 posts)
5. It's typical fascist humor
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:05 PM
23 hrs ago

"We have no idea why all those people at Aushwitz went into those shower stalls full of poisonous gas. Har har har!"

"The poor deluded fellow committed suicide by tying his hands behind his back, wrapping a noose around his neck, jumping off he bridge, and shooting himself thirty seven times. Har har har!"

Blue Owl

(58,704 posts)
7. Fucking sickening and inhumane
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:39 PM
22 hrs ago

I hope the special place in hell is heating up REAL HOT for these motherfucking monsters

OGBuzz

(137 posts)
10. Those concentration camps they are building across America.....
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:03 PM
21 hrs ago

will need to become their permanent residence after 2029. There is no going back after this, there is no common ground.

B.See

(8,135 posts)
11. Well can't actually expect that
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:47 PM
1 hr ago

the people who'd oppose gun laws that'd help protect children from mass shootings and vaccines that'd protect children from disease - the people who'd throw millions off Medicaid and who'd kill or hobble child nutrition programs, would actually give a damn about this, can we?

They're too busy rolling in dough while they tell their readily bamboozled DUPES that an immigrant woman and her child are the villains.

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