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What happened in Leominster this week should shake every parent, every community member, and every person who believes children should never be used as pawns in immigration enforcement.
Federal ICE agents detained a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her family’s home, using her as leverage to force her Guatemalan father to surrender. The incident, captured on video and shared across social media, has sent shockwaves through Central Massachusetts immigrant communities and beyond.
Here’s What Went Down
Edward Hip, who’s called Massachusetts home for 22 years, was driving back to his house in Leominster with his young daughter when he realized ICE agents were tailing him. When Hip managed to run from his car into his home, the agents grabbed his 5-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen with autism spectrum disorder…