Vice President of the United States JD Vance rejected what he described as a misleading media report claiming Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a five-year-old child, saying the facts show the child was never arrested and was instead with his father, an illegal alien who fled from authorities.

Vance addressed the claim while defending immigration enforcement and criticizing narratives that he said distort routine law enforcement actions to undermine ICE operations.

“The fact that we're standing behind law enforcement, and I'm proud of the fact that we're enforcing the country's laws,” Vance said.

Vance explained that he first encountered the story while traveling and said it initially caused alarm, particularly because of his own family.

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“But you know, you asked a question about this five year old kid,” Vance said.

“I actually saw this terrible story while I was coming to Minneapolis. We just left Toledo, Ohio this morning for an economic messaging event, and I see this story, and I'm a father of a five year old, actually a five year old little boy, and I think to myself, Oh, my God, this is terrible. How did we arrest a five year old?”

Vance said he then looked further into the situation and found that the headline did not match the facts.

“Well, I do a little bit more follow up research, and what I find is that the five year old was not arrested,” Vance said.

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“That his dad was an illegal alien, and then they went, when they went to arrest his illegal alien father, the father ran.”

According to Vance, the child was not taken into custody as an arrestee, but remained present after his father fled the scene.

“So the story is that ICE detained a five year old,” Vance said.

“Well, what are they supposed to do? Are they supposed to let a five year old child freeze to death? Are they not supposed to arrest an illegal alien in the United States of America?”

Vance argued that suggesting parents should be immune from arrest because they have children would undermine the rule of law.

“If the argument is that you can't arrest people who have violated our laws because they have children, then every single parent is going to be completely given immunity from ever being the subject of law enforcement,” Vance said.

“That doesn't make any sense. No one thinks that makes any sense.”

Vance said the case reflects a broader pattern in which enforcement actions are portrayed without full context, leading to public misunderstanding about ICE operations.

“Now you you know there are so many of these cases like that,” Vance said.

“Where, if you just understand the context, there have been a number of situations that I've looked into personally where I say, Wait a second, we don't want ICE arresting American citizens. They're supposed to be enforcing the immigration laws against illegal aliens.”

He added that in cases involving U.S. citizens, additional facts often explain why arrests occurred.

“So then I look into it,” Vance said, “and I find out that the American citizen who was arrested took a swing at an ICE officer.”

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