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The claim that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used a child as bait to apprehend family members in a January 2026 incident in Minnesota.
Fourteen media outlets reported that a 5‑year‑old boy, , was detained by after returning from preschool and that school officials say agents directed the child to knock on his home’s door to see if ot...
The reporting compiled here does not identify any previously confirmed incidents in which deliberately used children as “bait” to draw family members out of homes; recent coverage centers on a January...