NBC Forced to Retract Claim that ICE Used 5-Year-Old Autistic Girl as 'Bait'; In Reality, Her Criminal Alien Father Abandoned Her in a Car and Agents Rescued the Child

Jim H?ft : Sep 24, 2025
The Gateway Pundit

"...Disgusting smears like these peddled by the media are leading to a 1000% increase in assaults against our brave law enforcement." -Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs

[TheGatewayPundit.com] NBC News has once again been caught red-handed peddling a false narrative to smear law enforcement and score political points. (Image: via Gateway Pundit /Telemundo Screengrab)

This time, the network pushed the outrageous claim that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents used a 5-year-old autistic girl as "bait" to pressure her criminal illegal alien father into surrendering in Massachusetts.

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"They took my daughter, she's 5 years old. She has autism spectrum," the girl's mother is heard telling agents in the video. "Give me my daughter back."

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blew the lid off NBC's narrative. Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, slammed the report as an outright lie.

"Absolutely not. ICE agents NEVER used a 5-year-old girl as 'bait'—what a disgusting smear. The criminal illegal alien target—with previous arrests for domestic abuse and strangulation, among other charges—ABANDONED his own child in a car.

"The target, Edwards Hip Mejia, ignored law enforcement emergency lights to pull over and drove back to his house. He fled from the car, gave officers the double middle finger, and darted inside his house. He abandoned his 5-year-old daughter in the car. Officers helped rescue the child and called local police to report the abandonment..." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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