I have put the videos I found below. Notice that the governor and the attorney general blame the kids and claim the schools have taught them radical left wing extremism. The kids see the news media about what ICE is doing and have friends who are not white. They are angry and they are future voters. That is what scares the republican leadership in Texas so much they are demanding schools push a hard right Republican bigoted racist agenda onto schoolchildren in the hopes of raising a new bunch of maga. They don’t blame te adult man who got out of his truck and walked into a group of minors with the intention to force his angry racist maga views on them. Note he shoved a girl. In his mind how dare she talk back to a male? That is who maga thugs have degenerated into. Hugs
The DOJ is making it as difficult as possible for the congress people to see the files. Only 4 computers are set up for hundreds of congress people. Plus they are still redacted not of the victims but of the names of the abusers. Hugs
18-month-old Amalia, who, according to a lawsuit filed, suffered a life-threatening respiratory illness while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, reacts, in this handout picture obtained on February 7, 2026. Elora Mukherjee/Handout via REUTERS
] Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto, parents of 18-month-old Amalia, who, according to a lawsuit filed, suffered a life-threatening respiratory illness while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, pose for a photo, in this handout picture obtained on February 7, 2026. Elora Mukherjee/Handout via REUTERS
Summary
Child had severe respiratory illness, lawsuit says
DHS says child received proper medical care and medications
Trump faces criticism for immigration detention practices
NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) – An 18-month-old girl detained for weeks by U.S. immigration authorities was returned to custody and denied medication after being hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.
The child, identified in the lawsuit as “Amalia,” was released by immigration authorities in President Donald Trump‘s administration after her parents sued on Friday. The parents, who also had been detained, were released as well. The suit had sought the release of all three of them.
In a statement provided on Monday following the publication of this story on Saturday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said claims that Amalia did not receive proper medical treatment or medications were false.
The family was detained during a check-in with immigration authorities on December 11 and held at a facility in Dilley, Texas, according to the lawsuit. Amalia was hospitalized from January 18 to 28, and returned to the Dilley facility in the midst of a measles outbreak, the lawsuit said.
“Baby Amalia should never have been detained. She nearly died at Dilley,” said Elora Mukherjee, an attorney for the family.
Mukherjee said hundreds of children and families detained at Dilley lack sufficient drinking water, healthy food, educational opportunities or proper medical care, and should be released.
McLaughlin said in the statement on Monday that the child immediately received medical care after becoming ill, was admitted to a hospital for treatment and returned to the Dilley facility after being cleared for release by a pediatric doctor. Amalia was housed in the medical unit upon her return and received proper treatment and prescribed medicines, the statement said.
“It is a longstanding practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien enters ICE custody. This includes medical, dental, and mental health intake screening within 12 hours of arriving at each detention facility, a full health assessment within 14 days of entering ICE custody or arrival at a facility, and access to medical appointments and 24-hour emergency care,” McLaughlin said.
Trump’s administration has been accused of heavy-handed and inhumane tactics as well as violating court orders while carrying out his mass deportation program.
A federal judge in Michigan criticized the administration in a January 31 ruling ordering the release of a five-year-old boy – seen in a viral photo wearing a blue bunny hat outside his house as federal agents stood nearby – who was detained by immigration agents in Minnesota. The administration is now seeking to deport the boy.
Amalia’s parents, originally from Venezuela, have lived in the United States since 2024 with their daughter, who is a Mexican citizen, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit says all three intend to file asylum applications in the United States.
Amalia developed a fever on January 1 that reached as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius), started vomiting frequently and struggled to breathe, according to the lawsuit.
She was taken to the hospital on January 18 with extremely low oxygen saturation levels and diagnosed with COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus, viral bronchitis and pneumonia, according to the lawsuit. She was placed on supplemental oxygen.
Amalia was given a nebulizer and a respiratory medication upon her discharge from the hospital, but these were taken away by detention center staff upon her return, according to the lawsuit. The girl has lost 10% of her body weight and was given nutritional drinks to help her regain it, but these were also confiscated by authorities, according to the lawsuit.
Reporting by Jack Queen in New York; Editing by Sergio Non, Will Dunham and Daniel Wallis
Every creditable study done shows that kids of same sex couples do as well if not better than the kids of opposite sex couples. And of course what tool do they use, we ust protect the children. Every culture war issue these christian groups attack hey use we have to protect the children. Trans rights issues, books and media depicting LGBTQ+, and drag queens are all attacked using that same trope of protecting the children. It is a dodge because where were these save the kids people when school lunch programs were slashed, when food assistance was cut to the bone, where were they when kids had underfunded schools among some issues that affect kids? Hugs
The video below details some of the racist attempts to purge black people from positions of authority and to erase the racist history of attacks on black people over time. The video also explains how tRump ordered the agencies of his government to remove black hoildays from the list of free entry days at national parks and instead replaced them with his birthday. This is simply the whitewashing of history, the removing of evidence of the massive racism / damage done to black people in the past, and the purification of the US as a white ethnostate. Just look how tRump refers to black journolists. Hugs
This was predicted as what was going to happen every where these bathroom laws are put in place. Because it all comes down to enforcing cis gender steriotypes which a large part of the public doesn’t fit into neatly. Some women are more masculine looking / acting than the sexiest males can accept, and some men are more feminine looking / acting than some people figure “real” men are like. The fact is very few fit the stereotypes pushed by TV / media. This is especially true of younger people who did not buy into the old craze of buff muscular men and slinky sexy women. They accept their bodies and enjoy who they are. The fake concern for women that hate groups like TERFs and religious groups pushing their version of church doctrine on everyone else is simply bigotry being disguised. These bathroom laws help no one, protect no one, and harm a lot of cis and trans people. Hugs
18-month-old Amalia, who, according to a lawsuit filed, suffered a life-threatening respiratory illness while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, reacts, in this handout picture obtained on February 7, 2026. Elora Mukherjee/Handout via REUTERS
] Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto, parents of 18-month-old Amalia, who, according to a lawsuit filed, suffered a life-threatening respiratory illness while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, pose for a photo, in this handout picture obtained on February 7, 2026. Elora Mukherjee/Handout via REUTERS
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