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Trump administration officials are criticizing Democrats and "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar , D-Minn., for "habitual lies and demonization" of federal law enforcement officials and for pushing a story about ICE agents using a 5-year-old child as bait.

The dispute comes as ICE faces a surge of violent attacks, including a shooting on Wednesday at an ICE field office in Dallas.

On Tuesday, Omar shared a since-deleted news post on social media about the family of Guatemalan illegal immigrant, Edwards Hip Mejia, accusing ICE agents of using his autistic child as bait to arrest him in Massachusetts.

A video obtained by Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra shows the girl sitting beside a law enforcement SUV, holding a bottle, while sur

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