DHS sets record straight after Venezuelan government claims children of TdA gang members were 'kidnapped'

The Department of Homeland Guard DHS is firing back after it says the Venezuelan leadership spread false information that the Trump administration was separating children from parents who are members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang TdA A spokesperson for DHS shared a news release that stated despite the Venezuelan establishment claiming the U S kidnapped a child the truth is DHS took action because both her parents are part of Tren De Aragua The child in question's father Maiker Espinoza-Escalona is a lieutenant of Tren De Aragua who oversees homicides drug sales kidnappings extortion sex trafficking and operates a torture house the agency explained DHS added that in addition to the father the child s mother Yorely Escarleth Bernal Inciarte oversees the recruitment of young women for drug smuggling and prostitution EX-NEW MEXICO JUDGE WIFE TRIED TO HIDE EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL ALIEN GANGBANGER DOJ PROSECUTORS SAY These criminal illegal aliens entered the country illegally and had final orders of removal from a judge DHS reported DHS reported the child was taken off the deportation flight manifest for her safety and welfare through a partnership with the Department of Soundness and Human Services The child remains in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and was placed with a foster family the agency disclosed The agency added that parents are petitioned if they want to be removed with their children or ICE will place the children with someone the parent designates FBI ARRESTS WISCONSIN JUDGE ALLEGING SHE OBSTRUCTED ARREST OF ILLEGAL ALIEN In this situation the parent stated they demanded to be removed with the children DHS declared The department thanked Trump for removing the TdA gang member from the country President Trump and Secretary Noem take their responsibility to protect children seriously and will continue to work with federal law enforcement and the Department of Wellness and Human Services to ensure that children are safe from abuse sexual exploitation and trafficking the comment added TRUMP ADMIN BLASTS NY TIMES OVER 'SOB' STORY ON DEPORTED KIDNAPPERDHS commented the previous administration allowed a large number of children who came across the confines unaccompanied to be placed with sponsors who were certainly brokers and sex traffickers In less than days Secretary Noem and Secretary Kennedy have already reunited over unaccompanied children with a relative or safe guardian DHS disclosed DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin joined Fox News Channel's The Big Weekend Show last week and shared her reaction to the far-left media trying to criticize the Trump administration for deporting a -year-old citizen even though DHS says the mother wished to take the toddler with her when she was deported to Honduras The mother had the option that if she wished to take both children back with her to Honduras McLaughlin explained This is very common practice but I do think it also shows that this administration we really care about the safety of these children And we've put together further safeguards such as biometrics testing and DNA to ensure that the children are truly children or relatives of these guardians and parents because we've seen way too much of drug mules human traffickers sex traffickers exploiting these migrant children for their own disgusting gain