Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who a school official says was used as 'bait'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "For the child's safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias," McLaughlin said, adding that parents are given the choice to be removed with their children or have them placed with a person of their choosing.
49% : "Over the last few weeks, ICE agents have been roaming our neighborhoods, circling our schools, following our buses, coming into our parking lot multiple times and taking our kids," said Stenvik, adding that this is causing "trauma."
48% : She said Immigration and Customs Enforcement was arresting the child's father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, who McLaughlin said is from Ecuador and in the U.S. illegally.
46% : Greg Bovino, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official who has been the face of the crackdowns, said immigration officers have made about 3,000 arrests in Minnesota in the last six weeks.
46% : Welch visited the facility last week as part of a lawsuit over the welfare of immigrant children in federal custody.
37% : McLaughlin said in a statement Wednesday that "ICE did NOT target a child."

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