A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security berated Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for pushing a "vile lie" about immigration enforcement tactics.

Omar was responding to a report from the family of a Guatemalan man who was being sought Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. They claimed that ICE agents held the autistic 5-year-old daughter of Edwards Hip Mejia as bait to try to coax him out of his home.

'This is a vile lie. [Ilhan Omar's] habitual lies and demonization of our law enforcement is what's cruel.'

"This is vile and beyond cruel. Abolish ICE," Omar replied on social media Tuesday.

However, the social media post she included was deleted by NBC News.

Dept. of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin fired off a statement

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