{"id":2569778,"date":"2026-02-13T15:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-nukes-cbs-for-drumming-up-sympathy-for-illegal-alien-caretaker-accused-of-ramming-ice-agents\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:12:59","slug":"dhs-nukes-cbs-for-drumming-up-sympathy-for-illegal-alien-caretaker-accused-of-ramming-ice-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-nukes-cbs-for-drumming-up-sympathy-for-illegal-alien-caretaker-accused-of-ramming-ice-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Nukes CBS for Drumming Up Sympathy for Illegal Alien &#8216;Caretaker&#8217; Accused of Ramming ICE Agents"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdhs-nukes-cbs-for-drumming-up-sympathy-for-illegal-alien-caretaker-accused-of-ramming-ice-agents%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=2569778&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 piece contrasts CBS News\u2019 sympathetic portrayal of Federico Alcantar-Flores, a 22-year-old detained by DHS for alleged illegal residence, with DHS\u2019s own counter-narrative posted on social media asserting that the man rammed law enforcement and should not be excused by caretaker status.Supporters argue Alcantar-Flores is a caregiver for his siblings and was racially profiled, while DHS emphasizes enforcement and portrays the incident as a serious threat to officers. The article highlights DHS and ICE rhetoric criticizing \u201csanctuary city\u201d policies as enabling crime and notes ICE Director Todd Lyons\u2019 testimony about rising threats and assaults against officers. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >includes embedded social-media posts<\/a> and interactive or ad content typical of the publication,illustrating how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asylum-seeker-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-school-girls-just-1-week-after-arriving-from-ethiopia\/\" title=\"&#039;Asylum Seeker&#039; Accused of Sexually Assaulting School Girls Just 1 Week After Arriving from Ethiopia\">immigration enforcement debates<\/a> are portrayed and contested across platforms. In sum, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-activists-goal-is-ending-all-immigration-enforcement-7\/\" title=\"Anti-ICE Activists&#039; Goal Is Ending All ... Enforcement\">piece frames immigration enforcement<\/a> as a clash between compassionate narratives and hardline enforcement messaging.  <\/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>After CBS News gave a teary-eyed account of a Chicago man detained by the Department of Homeland Security for being in America illegally, DHS made it clear that that weepy sympathy is misplaced.<\/p>\n<p>Federico Alcantar, 22, was taken into custody in October, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/advocates-call-for-release-of-caretaker-in-ice-custody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>. His supporters say that because he is responsible for looking after his siblings, he should not be deported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All I can think of is how he didn&rsquo;t deserve this and how much he and his siblings had already endured,&rdquo; Mariela S., who attended a recent vigil on his behalf, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was racially profiled, forced into a traffic stop, where he was removed from his car at gunpoint,&rdquo; Katherine Greenslade, lawyer and director with the Immigrant Justice Legal Clinic, added.<\/p>\n<p>Then DHS let the truth drop in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2022098002249494699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on X.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This &lsquo;Chicago caregiver&rsquo; is actually an illegal alien from Mexico who RAMMED our law enforcement with his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>On October 31, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICEgov?\">@ICEgov<\/a> law enforcement conducted a targeted vehicle stop to arrest Federico Alcantar-Flores, but he tried to evade arrest &mdash; a felony and a federal&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5LnlR2CRG\">pic.twitter.com\/p5LnlR2CRG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2022098002249494699?\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This &lsquo;Chicago caregiver&rsquo; is actually an illegal alien from Mexico who RAMMED our law enforcement with his vehicle,&rdquo; DHS wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On October 31, @ICEgov law enforcement conducted a targeted vehicle stop to arrest Federico Alcantar-Flores, but he tried to evade arrest &mdash; a felony and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/va-county-manual-says-people-with-noncitizen-ids-can-still-vote\/\" title=\"VA County Manual Says People With Noncitizen IDs Can Still Vote\">federal crime &#038;mdash<\/a>; by ramming our law enforcement with his vehicle,&rdquo; the post said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Being a caretaker is not a get-out-of-jail-free card. On the contrary, it ought to cause an individual to reconsider assaulting law enforcement!&rdquo; the post said.<\/p>\n<p>Although the efforts of U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement have been attacked by Democrats, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has said Democratic rhetoric only makes the job harder.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In yesterday&rsquo;s hearing, Democrats doubled down on their vile attacks on our law enforcement comparing them to Nazis and the secret police and calling them thugs. While they were demonizing our law enforcement, our officers were risking their lives arresting criminal illegal aliens including&nbsp;multiple child rapists, kidnappers, and&nbsp;violent assailants,&rdquo; she said in a news release on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/02\/11\/wowdhsgov-ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-multiple-child-rapists-kidnappers-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DHS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats&rsquo; rhetoric about our law enforcement is inciting violent attacks against them. Our officers are experiencing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats as they arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, gang members, and terrorists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In testimony before Congress this week, ICE Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimony-Lyons-2025-02-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd Lyons <\/a>noted, &ldquo;We are facing the deadliest operating environment in our agency&rsquo;s history. ICE personnel, not to mention their families, are under assault like never before in this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Fiscal Year 2025, death threats against ICE personnel increased by more than 8,000 percent. Assaults on our officers have skyrocketed by over 1,400 percent. One officer in Minnesota had his finger bitten off by a left-wing protestor, egged on by elected officials characterizing our officers as the &lsquo;gestapo&rsquo; or &lsquo;secret police,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Much of the fight that ICE faces in keeping Americans safe is fueled by so-called &lsquo;Sanctuary Cities.&rsquo; The concept of a &lsquo;Sanctuary City&rsquo; is a dangerous lie.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These jurisdictions do not provide sanctuary for immigrants; they provide a shield for criminals. When a local jail refuses to honor an ICE detainer and releases a predator back onto the street, they are not protecting their community &ndash; they are endangering it. They are complicit in every future crime that individual commits.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sending-the-feds-to-quell-california-is-both-legal-and-necessary\/\" title=\"Sending The Feds To Quell California Is Both Legal And Necessary\u00a0\">obstruct federal law enforcement<\/a> that the American people voted for by force or by policy, and we will use every tool available to hold these jurisdictions accountable and protect the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Federico Alcantar, 22, was taken into custody in October, according to CBS. His supporters say he is needed to look after his siblings and shouldn\u2019t be deported. A vigil attendee and a lawyer who works with immigrant clients described him as a victim of racial profiling and a traffic stop conducted at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>DHS then posted on X (Twitter) presenting a different account, accusing Alcantar of ramming a law-enforcement vehicle during an attempted arrest on October 31\u2014describing him as an illegal immigrant from Mexico who allegedly tried to evade arrest, a felony and a federal crime. The post argued that being a caretaker does not excuse violence against police. While Democrats have criticized ICE, a DHS official, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, said that such rhetoric makes enforcement harder. She claimed that Republicans\u2019 portrayal of law enforcement as oppressive has led to dangerous conditions for officers, who face a surge in threats and assaults as they arrest violent offenders, including mentions of child sex offenders, kidnappers, and other criminals. ICE Director Todd Lyons testified that the agency is operating in its most dangerous period, with thousands of threats and assaults against officers and their families, and he criticized sanctuary cities for hindering enforcement. He argued there is no right to obstruct federal law enforcement and vowed to use every tool to hold jurisdictions accountable and protect the public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2569779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7585,7492,8364,70100,56439],"class_list":["post-2569778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cbs","tag-dhs","tag-ice","tag-immigration-policy-2","tag-media-bias-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569782,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569778\/revisions\/2569782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}