Virginia Kruda (Guest)

It's a full-scale war.

Kilmer Abrego Garcia was just the tip of the iceberg.

Since the large-scale deportations began, Democrats and media personalities have glommed on to the stories of any illegal aliens that tug at the heartstrings.

Whether or not the story is true does not appear to figure into their calculus.

In fact, a recent example is CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan.

She claimed that nearly half or 48 percent of the illegal aliens currently being detained by ICE are being held without any charges or deportation orders.

But DHS told a very different story.

They fact checked the claim and said it was simply wrong and that about 70 percent of the illegal aliens arrested have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions.

They then pressed the outlet asking, does CBS really want us to release accused murderers and rapists back on the streets?

Well, they're painting the administration as reckless and tyrannical, which is to be expected.

A recent example is Senator Jeff Merkley, who actually referred to federal agents as kidnappers and parroted a story about a teen taken into custody at school.

But DHS pushed back on him as well, saying that he was missing the facts.

This 17-year-old used his vehicle to violently attack ICE and Border Patrol agents, the agency posted.

They included a timeline of events that identified the teen as an American citizen, but also identified him as a suspect who had allegedly attacked and impeded federal law enforcement officers.

Another Democrat senator, Chris Van Hollen, he recently responded to the news that a nail salon owner in his state was set to be deported to Vietnam.

He said Melissa Tran came here on a green card at age 11.

She's since raised four kids, started a business, and is a beloved member of the Hagerstown community, he insisted.

But as DHS noted, Van Hollen was omitting some pesky facts.

The nail salon owner in question had criminal convictions, including grand larceny, multiple counts of forgery and fraud.

In fact, an immigration judge had issued her a final order of removal in 2004.