Rubio Debunks Fake Story About ICE “Deporting” Sick Child to NBC News Host’s Face

Secretary of State Mario Rubio debunked media lies about ICE supposedly deporting a “sick child” during an appearance on NBC News. The case had sparked controversy, with some media outlets alleging that ICE was deporting a seriously ill child without regard for their condition.

On Friday, the Washington Post reported that three American children, aged two, four, and seven, were removed from the United States along with their mothers from a Louisiana immigration facility.

Rubio refuted these claims in the interview.

“That’s a misleading headline. Three U.S. citizens, aged 4, 7 and 2 were not deported. Their mothers were legally deported, and the children went with their mothers. They can come back to their father or someone who wants to assume them,” Rubio said. “Ultimately, it was the mothers who were here illegally. You guys make it sound like ICE kicked down the door and grabbed the child and threw them on an airplane, and it’s misleading and that is not true.”

Watch his full response below: