अमेरिका में 2 साल की बच्ची को हिरासत में लिया: कार में थी, अफसरों ने गाड़ी रोकी, शीशा तोड़ा और पिता के साथ पकड़ लिया

On Thursday, a 2-year-old girl along with her father was taken into custody by the immigration agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, USA. This information has been given by the Homeland Security Department.

Elvis Joel Tipan-Echeverría and his 2-year-old daughter, Chloe Renata Tipan Vilasis, were stopped as they were returning home from groceries. After this both were taken to South Minneapolis.

Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez wrote on Instagram that a suspicious vehicle chased the father’s car, broke his car window and captured the father and daughter. No warrant was shown during this period.

According to CNN report, the court had said that the girl should be released immediately, but even then both the father and the girl were sent to Texas. The family’s attorney, Kira Kelly, said Friday that the girl is now out of custody and recovering from the incident.

2 years old Chloe Renata Tipan Vilasis was shocked after this action, from which she is now slowly recovering.

Girl’s father accused of driving wrongly

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the father was driving erratically with the child. According to the department, Tipan-Echeverria is a citizen of Ecuador, is living in the United States illegally and has broken the law.

The department said the child was taken into foster care because the mother refused to take her with her. The father and the child were later reunited at a federal center.

The girl’s mother refused to take her

DHS said Tipán-Echeverria refused to open the car door or lower the window even though he was given legal orders. According to the department, agents tried to hand the child over to the mother, but the mother refused to take her.

During this time, a crowd of more than 100 people gathered there and stopped the ICE agents from leaving. The crowd threw stones and dustbins towards the agents and the girl, after which the situation was brought under control.

Chloe is the fifth child detained by ICE in recent weeks. This has increased the controversy regarding the immigration policy of US President Donald Trump.

Action was taken under Operation Metro Surge

This action is being taken under ‘Operation Metro Surge’. This is a large immigration operation, run jointly by ICE and Customs and Border Protection. This operation started from December 2025.

The operation is primarily being run in Minnesota, particularly the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. By January 2026, it involved about 3,000 agents. About 18 million dollars are being spent every week on this operation.

In recent weeks, agents have also tried to enter people’s homes without a warrant. Julia Decker, policy director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, said the government has begun to consider itself above the law.

He said that it is not clear how many times homes have been intruded without warrants because many incidents were not even recorded. Now, in training like ‘Know Your Rights’, lawyers also have to say that agents are not always following the Constitution and the law.

A 5 year old child was detained on Tuesday

Earlier on Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, along with his father in Columbia Heights, Minnesota state of America. According to BBC, both have been sent to the Immigration Detention Center in Texas.

Liam’s school superintendent Jenna Stanwick said, ‘Agents removed the child from the moving vehicle. Then they asked him to knock the door of the house to find out whether anyone was inside or not. Jenna described it as using a 5 year old child.

The father forbade the mother from opening the door due to fear of arrest. However, after some time, the parents opened the door with the intention of bringing their child inside the house, when the agents present outside arrested the father. They refused to hand over the child to other people present in the house and took him along with them. Read the full news…

5-year-old Liam was detained as part of a crackdown against immigrants in Minnesota, USA.

3,000 arrests made in Minnesota in 6 weeks, including 400 children

Liam is the fourth student in his school district to be detained by ICE. According to the school administration and the family’s lawyer, the family came to America from Ecuador in the year 2024. The family is facing an asylum case, but they were not ordered to leave the United States.

Lecia Welch of the Children’s Rights Organization recently visited a detention center. He says that the number of children there is continuously increasing. Many children have been in custody for more than 100 days.

The US government itself admitted in December that about 400 children were kept in detention. Most of these children are sick, suffering from malnutrition and suffering serious physical and mental problems.

What is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)?

ICE is a federal agency of America. It takes action against illegal immigration, deportation and cross border crimes in the country. This agency works under the Department of Homeland Security.

ICE was established in the year 2003. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, America created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to strengthen internal security and ICE was formed under it. Its purpose was to strictly monitor immigration crimes related to security within the country.

How does ICE work?

Identification of people living without valid visa/documents.

Arrest of those violating immigration laws.

Keeping in detention center and later deportation.

The job of ICE is to send the person back to his country after a court or administrative order. Some cities and states of America have declared themselves sanctuary cities.

Here ICE has to work together with the local administration. Its objective is to reduce fear among the migrant community and maintain public confidence in the local police.

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