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DHS Blasts NY Times Over Kidnapper's Deportation Coverage

4/29/2025

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has taken aim at The New York Times for minimizing Nascimento Blair's troubling past as a convicted kidnapper and illegal immigrant. After his arrest in New York City, Blair was deported to Jamaica, with DHS officials blaming delays in his removal on the Biden administration while lauding the stricter enforcement of the Trump era.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has taken aim at The New York Times for minimizing Nascimento Blair's troubling past as a convicted kidnapper and illegal immigrant. After his arrest in New York City, Blair was deported to Jamaica, with DHS officials blaming delays in his removal on the Biden administration while lauding the stricter enforcement of the Trump era.