{"id":2058,"date":"2026-01-17T00:53:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2026-01-17T00:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:53:53","slug":"ices-tear-gas-sent-a-6-month-old-to-the-hospital-the-latest-in-an-alarming-pattern-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2058","title":{"rendered":"ICE\u2019s Tear Gas Sent a 6-Month-Old to the Hospital, the Latest in an Alarming Pattern \u2013 Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"hero is-image \">\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"media-caption\">Students from Roosevelt High School protest during a walkout, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Jen Golbeck\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mj-text-cta\">Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_No_Oligarchs\" data-ga-category=\"TopOfArticle\" data-ga-label=\"NewsletterPromoCovid\" data-ga-action=\"click|https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Support\">Sign up for the free <em>Mother Jones Daily<\/em>.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"section-lead\">A mother in Minneapolis<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/children-hospitalized-flash-bang-hits-van-jan-15\">rushed<\/a> to perform CPR on her 6-month-old baby on Wednesday night after federal immigration agents deployed a flash bang and chemical agent near her car, leading all six of her children to be taken to the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jackson family told local news outlets that they were coming home from their son\u2019s basketball game when they got stuck between protesters and immigration agents, unable to drive away. That\u2019s when, according to the family, their car began filling with a chemical irritant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we heard was BOOM and every airbag deployed,\u201d Destiny Jackson, the mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N_fgwXHQeRU\">told<\/a> KARE 11 News. <\/p>\n<p>She recalled screaming for her children to get out of the car and hearing them say that they couldn\u2019t maneuver out\u2014and couldn\u2019t breathe. Bystanders rushed to help as Destiny said she screamed out for her youngest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just lifeless, like he had foam around his mouth,\u201d she said. \u201cHe had tears coming out of his eyes. \u201cI was giving him mouth-to-mouth, and I remember stopping, and I said, \u2018I will give you all my breath \u2018til you get yours back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody wants to see their kids like that,\u201d Jackson said, visibly holding back tears as she discussed the violence.<\/p>\n<p>The whole family was taken to the hospital. Destiny called the incident \u201cvery traumatizing\u201d in a GoFundMe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-jackson-family-after-ice-incident\">post<\/a>, writing that \u201cnever in a million years would I have thought something like this would happen to me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0an\u00a0X post that appears to have been taken down, DHS appeared to blame the Jackson family for their hospitalization.\u00a0\u201cIt is horrific to see radical agitators bring children to their violent riots,\u201d adding, \u201cPLEASE STOP ENDANGERING YOUR CHILDREN.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"N_fgwXHQeRU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minneapolis family says ICE threw flashbangs, tear gas near and under car with their six kids inside\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N_fgwXHQeRU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time kids have been on the receiving end of chemical weapons used by federal immigration agents in the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation plans. These include incidents where children have been harmed as ICE agents targeted their parents with chemical agents. Young people have also been caught in the crosshairs at protests or nearby. Several incidents of tear gas have taken place at or near schools.<\/p>\n<p>Just a week earlier in Minneapolis, and just hours after ICE agent Jonathan Ross <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/ice-agent-shoots-and-kills-woman-in-minneapolis\/\">shot and killed<\/a> Ren\u00e9e Nicole Good in her car, US Border Patrol agents descended upon Roosevelt High School, \u201cbegan tackling people,\u201d and \u201chandcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2026\/01\/08\/after-border-patrol-clash-at-roosevelt-minneapolis-schools-cancel-classes\">reporting<\/a> from Minnesota Public Radio. The Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/minneapolis-schools-cancel-classes-ice-raid-high-school-day-renee-nico-rcna253081\">denied<\/a> that tear gas was used; the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers said in a statement that agents did use a chemical irritant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"oD0fs6Hm8qE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol descends on Roosevelt High\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oD0fs6Hm8qE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The incident prompted Minneapolis Public Schools to cancel classes for the remainder of the week for the whole district. The school system is now allowing for remote learning through at least February 12 after a district spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/minneapolis-public-schools-extend-remote-learning-as-parents-organize-patrols-rides-and-food-drop-offs\/89-031e4964-09cc-4f87-86a7-cb66040061ad\">said<\/a> they had received \u201cmultiple threats impacting several MPS schools.\u201d The charter school where one of Good\u2019s children attends has also switched to online learning following right-wing attacks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sahanjournal.com\/education\/minneapolis-southside-family-charter-school-threats\/\">reporting<\/a> from Sahan Journal.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just kids in Minneapolis, nor is it just this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In July 2025, children were seen on video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/11\/g-s1-77139\/protesters-agents-clash-raid-southern-california-farm\">running<\/a> away from a chemical agent that ICE set off during a raid on farmworkers in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>In August, a Portland grade school <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/portland-grade-school-moves-unsafe-tear-gas-ice-facility-11796152\">announced<\/a> that it was relocating as an \u201cemergency move\u201d due to dangerous conditions surrounding a nearby ICE facility. \u201cWe have been impacted mostly by chemical weapons that are being used against protesters in the vicinity of our school,\u201d the school\u2019s interim executive director explained at the time, adding that they had routinely found \u201cmunitions\u201d on the playground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple incidents involving alleged chemical agents and children were also reported in Chicago last fall.<\/p>\n<p>On the Northwest side of the city in late October, Border Patrol agents reportedly interrupted a children\u2019s Halloween parade, deployed chemical agents, and tackled and arrested several people, including US citizens, according to residents in the neighborhood and videos <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/border-patrol-agents-fire-allegedly-disrupting-childrens-halloween\/story?id=126900354\">verified<\/a> by ABC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"zKO0ZgY5LTQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teacher claims ICE agents used tear gas near Chicago elementary school\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zKO0ZgY5LTQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Days later, near the Logan Square neighborhood, federal agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/federal-immigration-agent-throws-tear-gas-canister-logan-square-street\/\">threw<\/a> a chemical irritant onto a busy street near an elementary school, with DHS later justifying the action by claiming protesters had been impeding an activeoperation. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/chicagos-children-are-getting-caught-chaos-immigration-crackdowns-tear-gas-thrown-logan-square-funston\/18080141\/\">reporting<\/a> from ABC 7, children were playing on the monkey bars at school moments before officials threw tear gas canisters from a white SUV.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, in November, in a Chicago suburb, video showed what appearedto be a federal agent in a truck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/nov\/11\/ice-agents-pepper-spray-man-baby-daughter\">spraying<\/a> a chemical irritant into a car as it drove past. In that car was Rafael Veraza and his family, including his one-year-old daughter, who was reportedly impacted by the chemical agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DjJb7LCEwvw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video captures moment federal agents threw irritants into car with baby inside\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjJb7LCEwvw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter was trying to open her eyes,\u201d Veraza told reporters at a press conference following the interaction. \u201cShe was struggling to breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUs, as adults,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DjJb7LCEwvw\">said<\/a>, \u201cwe can handle it. But as kids, they shouldn\u2019t be targeting kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/ice-tear-gas-on-kids-minneapolis-chicago-chemical-irritant\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from Roosevelt High School protest during a walkout, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. Jen Golbeck\/AP Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. 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