Fact Check: Did ICE Handcuff and Arrest a Toddler in Chicago?

It was a video that, to the left, dramatized the inhumanity of President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns on illegal immigration: a toddler being arrested and handcuffed in Chicago.

The problem: Nobody bothered to check if it was factual.

And, in fact, to many, it might not have mattered. But the long story short: It was a joke video created by a cop with his own child and uploaded to TikTok.

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).

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Morristown, New Jersey

Education

Catholic University of America

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish

Topics of Expertise

American Politics, World Politics, Culture

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