Watch: Rubio Nukes the Latest Media Story Brewing About Deportations

Democrats seem to think the way to go after the Trump administration is to attack their moves regarding illegal aliens. But that's one of the areas where he has the most approval. Instead, it's Democrats attaching themselves to 80/20 issues on the 20 side, as they're doing in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the arrest of the judge in Wisconsin for allegedly helping an illegal alien evade ICE agents.

New: Chuck Schumer Goes Over the Falls With Comment About Judge Being Arrested

Now there's another case that's making the media rounds. You may have seen the headlines blaring about a two-year-old American citizen being deported. The judge in the case raised questions about "due process" -- seemingly, the leftist word of the month.

But of course, as with all these stories, there's more to it than that. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed that and a similar case involving a four-year-old and a seven-year-old. Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, he nuked the misleading framing:

.@SecRubio nukes @kwelkernbc on the latest misleading Fake News hoax: "Three U.S. citizens ages 4, 7, and 2 were not deported — their mothers, who were illegally in this country, were deported. The children went with their mothers! ... The parents make that choice." pic.twitter.com/IJt1Lz1xWN
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 27, 2025

"Three U.S. citizens ages 4, 7, and 2 were not deported — their mothers, who were illegally in this country, were deported. The children went with their mothers!" Rubio declared. Nothing is preventing the children from coming back into the country, he explained.

"You make it sound like ICE agents kicked down the door, grabbed the 2-year-old, and threw him on an airplane!" an exasperated Rubio said. "That's misleading! That's just not true."

Then Rubio explained what the media would have said if they had separated the children from the mothers.

"You have two choices. You can say yes, you can take your child whether they're a citizen or not, because it's your child. Or you can say, yes, you can go, but your child must stay behind. And then your headlines would read, 'U.S. holding hostage 2-year-old, 4-year-old, 7-year-old, while mother deported."

You know the headlines would be blaring, "Child separated!" Democrats would be shouting about it 24/7.

Legal analyst Margot Cleveland made a further point about the case of the 2-year-old

Few additional points: Mother was in "custody" but ICE wasn't holding custody of 2 year old, but rather allowed mother to keep her 2 year old with her in the hotel in which was staying pending deportation. 1/ https://t.co/QaEfSxhthj
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) April 26, 2025

The mother got to keep her child with her in a hotel, and the U.S. provided free transportation for the child to accompany her, according to Cleveland.

The children can come back, the family can work out whatever arrangements they want for them; if they have family here, that's up to the families.

The judge has scheduled a hearing for May 16 to address any questions in the case of the two-year-old, so that will ultimately be determined. I imagine there will be further process in the other case as well, to investigate if there were any issues.

But the media, of course, was skipping over the context, yet again.

Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie.

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