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DHS deputy assistant secretary calls media reports of ICE "kidnappings" hoaxes and gives case details
Summary
Micah Bach, deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, said media accounts alleging ICE "kidnappings" are false, disputed several high-profile reports and provided details about two immigration-related arrests; his statements were presented as a DHS rebuttal and were not independently verified in the transcript.
Micah Bach, deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, issued a brief statement disputing recent media accounts that he said falsely portrayed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as conducting kidnappings. Bach said the account involving a Los Angeles woman, identified in his remarks as Yuriana Julia Pelez Calderon, was fabricated and that Calderon "will be facing charges for scamming innocent Americans for money and diverting limited DHS resources from removing the worst of the worst from our communities." He told reporters, "that never happened." Bach also disputed a report he described as the "Allentown grandpa" story,…
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