The New York Times had already covered this earlier this month: pregnant women in Minneapolis hiding from ICE. And DHS already responded.
The @nytimes should be embarrassed with this attempt to smear DHS law enforcement.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) February 5, 2026
ICE does not conduct enforcement at hospitals—period. We would only go into a hospital if there were an active danger to public safety. If anyone is impeding Minnesotans from making appointments… pic.twitter.com/kKbFy7OGSo
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… or picking up prescriptions, it's violent agitators who are blocking roadways.
Furthermore, pregnancy in ICE detention is exceedingly rare—making up 0.133% of all illegal aliens in custody. Pregnant women receive regular prenatal visits, mental health services, nutritional support, and accommodations aligned with community standards of care. This is the best healthcare many of these individuals have received in their entire lives.
I love that someone at DHS is on top of all of these stories and viral posts and doesn't let them slide. There is no pregnancy option to stay in the United States illegally. People ask why children are in ICE detention with their mothers. As DHS says, it's a choice to stay in detention or go home. They choose to stay.
Now, Tim Miller of The Bulwark is promoting a story from one of The Bulwark's war correspondents reporting from "The Battle of Minneapolis."
“You now live in a country where volunteers deliver babies at home, in secret, off the books, because mothers fear that if they go to the hospital, they will be abducted by masked, armed agents of the state while giving birth.”https://t.co/ley0pm5mU2
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) February 21, 2026
Jonathan V. Last writes in a piece that's honestly called, "What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis." Last says the city is still under siege, even if the national media has moved on. Last writes:
It is important to understand that observation is what this war is all about. The federal government does not want anyone witnessing what it is doing. Citizens are neither stopping nor impeding the government’s work. They are merely documenting it. And for this affront, the government treats them as adversaries to be controlled, intimidated, arrested, beaten, and occasionally killed.
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Think about that: You now live in a country where volunteers deliver babies at home, in secret, off the books, because mothers fear that if they go to the hospital, they will be abducted by masked, armed agents of the state while giving birth.
This is not a hypothetical. It is your lived reality. It is America.
We don’t really have language for this state of affairs. It’s not a pogrom, exactly. I suppose it’s closer to a quasi-legal program of ethnic cleansing. But while we don’t have precise language, we do have precedent.
"A quasi-legal program of ethnic cleansing" … this is what Last came up with after spending three days in the city.
There is no "war," no matter what Gov. Tim Walz may suggest. There's a "resistance" made up of insane people trying to keep law enforcement from doing their jobs: round up illegal immigrants.
Calling it “The Battle Of Minneapolis” makes me take this all very seriously.
— 🫃🏼💉🇺🇦🇸🇴Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) February 21, 2026
We thought you liked the rule of law.
— Richard DeCamp (@richdecamp) February 21, 2026
"Nobody is above the law."
They can go home and have babies in their OWN hospitals.
— Punished Lotus (@LotusRises) February 21, 2026
If the babies were being born "at home", in their home country, these mothers wouldn't have those fears.
— Johnny Flyover 🇺🇸 (@JohnFlyover) February 21, 2026
I bet they could go to hospitals in their own countries.
— Pliny the Middle Child 🇺🇸 (@FellFister13) February 21, 2026
If the babies were being born "at home", in their home country, these mothers wouldn't have those fears.
— Johnny Flyover 🇺🇸 (@JohnFlyover) February 21, 2026
That's a lot of words to say they're illegal and breaking the law
— captive dreamer (@captive_dreamer) February 21, 2026
Oh you mean anchor babies? I’m sorry they’re deporting your voters, Tim.
— Alt-Middle (@MiddleAlt38607) February 21, 2026
We live in a country with borders, and just like every other country, we enforce those borders. (Well, the Biden administration didn't, but we've changed presidents since then.)
I live in a country that is enforcing its immigration laws like every country on the planet. However, since the last administration was treasonous, we need to do a lot more of it now.
— Chris (@ChrisFl87180846) February 21, 2026
Last literally calls it a "war," which is reason enough not to take him seriously. How many of these secret home deliveries did he witness during his three-day excursion into Minneapolis?
The brain-rot isn't exclusive to AWLFs.
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