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ICE/DHS falsify violence reports, children hospitalized in tear-gas

7/18/2026

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Story summary

ICE and DHS repeatedly altered accounts of violent encounters, eroding trust.
Tear-gas at a Minneapolis ICE protest hospitalized two children.
DHS retracted its claim that the children’s parents were agitators.
ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine, video failing to confirm self-defense.
ICE admitted on January 14 its Minneapolis shooting report contained false statements after video disproved a snow-shovel attack.

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Story summary

ICE and DHS repeatedly altered accounts of violent encounters, eroding trust.
Tear-gas at a Minneapolis ICE protest hospitalized two children.
DHS retracted its claim that the children’s parents were agitators.
ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine, video failing to confirm self-defense.
ICE admitted on January 14 its Minneapolis shooting report contained false statements after video disproved a snow-shovel attack.