Posted on 01/31/2026 9:08:55 AM PST by TheDon
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — Two young children in Chula Vista are now in the care of a family friend after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained both of their parents after school drop-off this week.
The boys, ages 12 and 4, have not seen their parents since Tuesday morning when Reinaldo Chirino and Kris Estefany dropped them off at school. The parents never returned to pick up their children because ICE arrested them shortly after the school drop-off.
Itzel Jimenez, a family friend, received a voicemail about the detention and stepped in to care for the children to prevent them from entering the foster care system.
"There was a voicemail, and I could hear the ICE agent in the background saying that she had an opportunity to call and figure out who's going to pick up the kids," Jimenez said.
Using a temporary caregiver authorization affidavit, Jimenez took custody of the boys since they have no other family nearby.
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The couple, originally from Venezuela, is now detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. Chirino contacted ABC 10News reporter Laura Acevedo from inside the facility, describing his family as hardworking and with no criminal records in the United States or in their home countries.
The family came to the country legally in 2022 under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans. Chirino said he had a valid work permit and worked with his wife cleaning offices.
However, the Trump administration recently revoked that legal protection for all Venezuelans, causing the family to fall out of legal status.
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The parents have a hearing with an immigration judge on February 9th.
(Excerpt) Read more at 10news.com ...
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DHS would have PAID them to go back to Venezuela voluntarily.
You snooze, you lose.
You see, if you are a parent, you shouldn’t ever be arrested for anything. Think about the children!
Send the children with the parents.
I hope there is somebody out there recording all of these illegal alien freeloader SOB stories. You don’t find this many bleeding-heart composed SOB stories in everyday real life.
I notice the lying media (MSM) stays away from the news regarding people getting gang raped or killed by illegal aliens. Why is that occurring?
Theyll be reunited soon…. Adios
Criminals with children think the children are an excuse to get away with lawbreaking.
In other words, this whole report hasn’t been fact-checked. Maybe they’re here as refugees, or maybe not. Maybe their record is clean, maybe it’s not.
In the rank-ordering of illegals who should deported, the first ones should be threats.
Something seems off here.
ALERT: After reviewing country conditions and consulting with the appropriate U.S. government agencies, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem determined that Venezuela no longer meets the conditions for its designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and that the termination of the 2023 Venezuela TPS designation is required as it is contrary to the national interest. On October 3, 2025, the Supreme Court allowed the termination to take immediate effect. TPS beneficiaries who received TPS-related employment authorization documents (EADs), Forms I-797, Notices of Action, and Forms I-94 issued with October 2, 2026, expiration dates on or before February 5, 2025 will maintain work authorization and their documentation will remain valid until October 2, 2026, pursuant to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s order dated May 30, 2025.
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Another HUGE @TheJusticeDept legal win in Minnesota just now: a Biden-appointed district judge denied Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s attempt to keep ICE out of Minnesota.
Neither sanctuary policies nor meritless litigation will stop the Trump Administration from enforcing federal law in Minnesota.
On January 31, 2026, Judge Kate M. Menendez denied a request from the State of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to temporarily block the surge of 3,000 immigration agents. The judge found that the state had not met the burden of showing a “balance of harms” necessary for a preliminary injunction at this stage.
What part of “temporary” don’t they understand?!
You always side with the law breakers you POS
So if a cop finds someone who mugged a couple people, he should ignore that person, because he should be getting someone who did something worse?
It’s an easy catch. I don’t see a problem with that.
You do.
They do not randomly pick up people. They were likely discovered after an arrest or court appearance.
Of course. We wouldn't want to be breaking up families, now would we?
Their record is not “clean.” They have overstayed their visas at minimum, which is of course a crime and renders them subject to deportation.
That was the original intent of the loaded diaper Mexican toddlers showing up at the border requesting asylum with a note written on a Mexican Zweiback wrapper. They were providing children to the criminals, drug cartels and murderers to use in their “media” SOB stories to keep them from being thrown in jail and deported.
Oh, but the media did write heartfelt and emotional stories about Laken Riley and… oh, wait…
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