{"id":2450542,"date":"2025-06-22T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-an-la-man-now-dhs-forced-to-issue-key-fact-check-after-media-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T16:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:22:41","slug":"theres-an-la-man-now-dhs-forced-to-issue-key-fact-check-after-media-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-an-la-man-now-dhs-forced-to-issue-key-fact-check-after-media-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s an &#8216;LA Man&#8217; Now: DHS Forced to Issue Key &#8216;Fact Check&#8217; After Media Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheres-an-la-man-now-dhs-forced-to-issue-key-fact-check-after-media-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2450542&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses a statement issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to misleading media coverage regarding an illegal immigrant, Omar Pulido-Bastida. The DHS criticized various news outlets for labeling Pulido-Bastida as an &#8220;L.A. man,&#8221; asserting that he is a Mexican national with a violent criminal history, including previous deportations. The DHS emphasized that the media&#8217;s portrayal seeks to generate sympathy for individuals with criminal backgrounds. Pulido-Bastida is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-house-speaker-pelosis-laptop-missing-w-va-delegate-charged-for-his-role-in-capitol-breach\/\" title=\"Reports: House Speaker Pelosi\u2019s ...ptop missing &amp; W. Va. delegate charged for his role in Capitol breach\">facing federal charges<\/a> for assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. The agency urged the public to recognize the inaccuracies in the portrayal of illegal immigrants in media narratives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Department of Homeland Security was compelled to issue a &ldquo;fact check&rdquo; after the establishment media dubbed an illegal alien as an &ldquo;LA Man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/06\/17\/fact-check-medias-la-man-mexican-illegal-alien-who-assaulted-ice-officer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuesday post<\/a>, the DHS called out various media outlets for what it called &ldquo;disingenuous&rdquo; coverage of a recent Immigrant and Customs Enforcement detainee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dhs-terminates-biden-era-immigration-program-undercut-american-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Department of Homeland Security<\/a> (DHS) set the record straight about Omar Pulido-Bastida &mdash; a Mexican illegal alien &mdash; who was charged with spitting on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Los Angeles (LA),&rdquo; the agency wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While the media has disingenuously called Pulido-Bastida a &lsquo;L.A. man,&rsquo; he is NOT a U.S. citizen, and he has an extensive, violent criminal history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Included in the post were images of Pulido-Bastida, as well as various headlines.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>One such headline read: &ldquo;LA man faces 8 years in prison for &lsquo;spitting at an ICE agent&rsquo; after being charged with assaulting a federal employee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>U.K. outlet The Independent was called out specifically for that one, and on social media, as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Omar Pulido-Bastida, is a previously deported Mexican national &ndash; NOT a LA man. He is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-playboy-karen-who-hit-elderly-maskless-passenger-blasted-for-covid-lunacy-leftism-destroys-women\/\" title=\"Ex-P...yboy \u2018Karen\u2019 Who Hit Elderly Maskless Passenger B...sted for \u2018COVID Lunacy\u2019: \u2018Leftism Destroys Women&#039;\">facing federal assault charges<\/a> for allegedly SPITTING on an ICE agent.<\/p>\n<p>This criminal illegal alien is who the rioters are fighting to protect. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rn5lJovqzi\">pic.twitter.com\/rn5lJovqzi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1934959770793877711?\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pulido-Bastida, the media&rsquo;s so-called &lsquo;L.A. man,&rsquo; has also previously been convicted of robbery and has been arrested for both murder and assault,&rdquo; the DHS continued in its release. &ldquo;He was previously deported before he illegally entered the country again. This is just the most recent example of how the media has deceptively portrayed criminal aliens to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The media&rsquo;s consistent and duplicitous mischaracterization of illegal aliens as a &lsquo;L.A. man,&rsquo; &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maryland-man-officially-back-states-just-1-major-catch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland man<\/a>,&rsquo; and other misleading descriptors is an attempt to garner sympathy for murderers, drug and human traffickers, pedophiles, rapists, and violent criminals,&rdquo; the department continued. &ldquo;DHS will continue to push back on the false narratives hiding the facts about illegal alien crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;Maryland Man&rdquo; reference is about the highly publicized case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien residing in Maryland that had become something of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bukele-called-greatest-time-smackdown-gave-dem-sen-trying-return-maryland-man-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a rallying cry for Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-cuts-dem-rep-tried-visit-constituent-kilmar-abrego-garcia-memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">come under fire<\/a> for their brazen support of Abrego Garcia.)<\/p>\n<p>DHS rattled off a number of headlines that adopted similar &ldquo;duplicitous&rdquo; descriptions, including a &ldquo;Brooklyn man&rdquo; and a &ldquo;Georgia man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The media is attempting to force feed Americans that this is a &lsquo;L.A. Man&rsquo; &mdash; it&rsquo;s not,&rdquo; DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. &ldquo;This is a criminal illegal alien who should have never been in our country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously deported illegal alien criminal spit<\/a> on an ICE law enforcement officer,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Too many members of the media continue to purposefully mislead the public about illegal alien crime. Americans deserve to know the facts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Illegal immigration has been, perhaps, the key issue of both of Trump&rsquo;s winning presidential campaigns. 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The agency clarified that Omar Pulido-Bastida, identified as a Mexican illegal immigrant charged with spitting on an ICE officer in Los Angeles, is not a U.S. citizen and has a significant history of violent crime. The post included images of Pulido-Bastida along with various headlines that misrepresented his status. One headline stated: &#8220;LA man faces 8 years in prison for &#8216;spitting at an ICE agent&#8217; after being charged with assaulting a federal employee,&#8221; which specifically drew criticism from the DHS. They emphasized that Pulido-Bastida is not merely an &#8220;L.A. man,&#8221; but rather a previously deported individual facing serious charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement. 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