‘They Tricked Me’: A Father Was Chained After He Went to ICE To Reunite With His Kids By Claudia Boyd-Barrett and Renuka Rayasam and Amanda Seitz March 24, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-deportation-immigration-unaccompanied-children-bait-parent-arrests-hhs/ Carlos arrived at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New Mexico in December, believing he was one step closer to reuniting with his children. By that point, his 14-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter had been in a federal shelter in Texas for nearly a year after crossing the border to be with him.