‘Oh ffs sake’: DHS slams liberal outlet over Border Patrol L.A. father narrative

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The Trump Division of Homeland Safety flipped the script on a liberal California media outlet that reported immigration agents "drove off" with a U.S. citizen detainee’s toddler within the backseat.

The Los Angeles Times reported that whereas finishing up an immigration enforcement operation at a House Depot within the Cypress Park neighborhood, Border Patrol officers detained a 32-year-old U.S. citizen named Dennis Quinonez, who had a one-year-old baby within the backseat of his automotive.

The outlet reported that "after two brokers climbed into his automotive — together with their weapons — they drove off with the kid as onlookers protested."

The article famous {that a} DHS spokesperson mentioned Quinonez "allegedly ‘exited his car wielding a hammer and threw rocks at legislation enforcement whereas he had a toddler in his automotive.’"

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Demonstrator collect exterior the Dodger Stadium to protest the presence of ICE and Border Patrol brokers on the stadium car parking zone, forward of the baseball recreation between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Dodgers acknowledged that they've denied immigration brokers' entry to the stadium. (Zin Chiang/image alliance through Getty Photographs)

The outlet additionally famous that the spokesperson mentioned Quinonez "was arrested for assault and through his arrest a pistol was present in his automotive, that's reported stolen out of the state of New York" and that he "has an energetic warrant for property harm."

Quinonez has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition by an individual beforehand convicted of home violence, as famous by the outlet.

Regardless of this, the outlet quoted an immigration activist who mentioned, "The truth that they have been moving into that automotive, closely armed, with masks on their face, they put that toddler in excessive hazard."

The activist mentioned, "It ought to shock everybody’s conscience that we have now masked armed males behaving like that with a U.S. citizen father and a toddler who have been simply going to run an errand at House Depot on a random Tuesday."

Deeper within the outlet’s protection of the incident, it reported that the "brokers determined to drive Quinonez and his daughter individually to a different location, the place brokers decided that the handgun was loaded with 5 rounds of ammunition."

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An LA Occasions reporter took to X to submit in regards to the incident, writing, "Throughout a Border Patrol operation exterior a Cypress Park House Depot yesterday, brokers detained a U.S. citizen they accused of assault. The brokers drove off along with his one-year-old daughter within the backseat. She's since been reunited together with her household."

The reporter added that "Maria Avalos, the kid’s grandmother, mentioned the brokers ‘shouldn’t have pushed off’ together with her granddaughter" and that "‘Once they received into the automotive, taking my granddaughter, I mentioned, ‘Why are they taking her, are they actually ICE, are they kidnapping her or what?’"

This submit prompted DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin to situation a pointy retort.

"Oh ffs sake, Brittny. This U.S. citizen left his personal baby unattended in a automotive and proceeded to assault legislation enforcement because the[y] have been conducting an operation—he exited his automotive wielding a hammer and threw rocks at legislation enforcement as he deserted his baby," she wrote.

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McLaughlin added that given the details that Quinonez was arrested for assault, a pistol was present in his automotive throughout the arrest, the automotive was reported stolen out of New York, and he had an energetic warrant for property harm, " law enforcement rightly seemed over the kid till they have been within the protected custody of a guardian."

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In response, a spokesperson for the LA Occasions instructed Fox Information Digital, "We stand by this story," including that "all the data that DHS cited is prominently reported within the story."