The Megyn Kelly Show
Vance on "5-Year-Old Detained by ICE" Story, Jack Smith Grilled, Barron Saves Woman: AM Update 1/23
23 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Friday, January 23rd, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
When I think to myself, oh my God, this is terrible. How did we arrest a five-year-old? Well, I do a little bit more follow-up research.
Vice President J.D. Vance brings a dose of reality to Minneapolis in a visit designed to increase cooperation between local business leaders and federal immigration enforcement. NYPD officers seeking emergency medical treatment say they were treated like pariahs by hospital staff who confused them for ICE agents.
So my final question is, do you believe that you made any mistakes? Do you have any regrets as to how you conducted this investigation?
Former counsel Jack Smith pressed by Republicans at a House judiciary hearing, probing his investigations into then-candidate Trump.
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Chapter 2: What claims are made about ICE's detention of a five-year-old?
And Barron Trump, President Trump's youngest child, credited with saving a woman's life. We'll tell you the story. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. Our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, says Washington politicians are always getting in your wallet and now they're messing with your credit card.
Chapter 3: How did Vice President JD Vance respond to local officials' actions in Minneapolis?
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Vance arriving in Minneapolis yesterday to participate in a roundtable discussion with local business leaders and law enforcement. The visit coming amid weeks of violent protesters clashing with and obstructing ICE officers. Mr. Vance seeking to ease tensions and increase local collaboration with federal immigration efforts.
The VP speaking to reporters following the briefing describing the dangerous and hostile atmosphere even off-duty ICE officers face in the Twin Cities.
Chapter 4: What incident involved NYPD officers at a Brooklyn hospital?
Did you know that within the last, I think, week or so, maybe even more recently than that, you had a couple of ICE officers who were off duty, who had been doxxed online, who were sitting and having a meal at a restaurant in Minneapolis when a bunch of agitators showed up, locked the door, made them feel like they were in danger for their lives.
And then, of course, it was federal law enforcement officers who had to come up. lower the temperature on the situation, and actually get those two off-duty officers to a point of safety. Now imagine if you would your life and your perspective on law enforcement if you can't even go to a restaurant without some agitators locking the door and making you feel like your life is in danger.
That is the environment that has been created.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye repeatedly criticizing the Trump administration for surging in thousands of federal agents, accusing the government of pulling a political stunt. VP Vance pushing back, arguing the heavy federal presence is a direct result of the lack of cooperation from state and local officials.
You go to Austin, Texas or Memphis, Tennessee, you do not have this level of chaos. The reason why things have gotten so out of hand is because of failure of cooperation between the state and local authorities and what these guys are trying to do. We have a ton of resources, a ton of ICE agents in this city right now. I'd love to send those guys home.
They're not even doing targeted immigration enforcement. They are trying to protect ICE officers who are doing immigration enforcement because when a crowd surrounds them and these guys call 911, the local officials, the local cops have been told to stand down.
The vice president's visit coming amid viral reports that ICE, quote, detained.
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Chapter 5: What were the key points from Jack Smith's hearing with House Republicans?
a five-year-old boy in Minneapolis. The New York Times writing, quote, detention of five-year-old by federal agents incenses Minneapolis. ABC News, quote, five-year-old asylum seeker detained as ICE expands enforcement in Minnesota. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighing in, posting on X, quote, enforcing the law is one thing, Kamala Harris posting, J.D.
Vance weighing in on some of the misinformation out there on this case yesterday.
I'm a father of a five-year-old, actually, a five-year-old little boy, and I think to myself, oh my God, this is terrible. How did we arrest a five-year-old?
Chapter 6: What details emerged about Barron Trump's actions during an emergency?
Well, I do a little bit more follow-up research. And what I find is that the five-year-old was not arrested, that his dad was an illegal alien, and then when they went to arrest his illegal alien father, the father ran. Are they supposed to let a five-year-old child freeze to death? Are they not supposed to arrest an illegal alien in the United States of America?
If the argument is that you can't arrest people who have violated our laws because they have children, then every single parent is going to be completely given immunity from ever being the subject of law enforcement. That doesn't make any sense. No one thinks that makes any sense.
DHS writing on X, quote, ICE did not target, arrest a child or use a child as bait. ICE law enforcement officers were the only people primarily concerned with the welfare of this child. The agency explaining that the boy's father ran. His alleged mother refused to accept custody of the child and DHS alone was left to care for the boy.
while trying multiple times to get the alleged mother to take him, even assuring her that she would not be taken into custody. Finally, ICE catching the father, who DHS says decided he wanted the child to remain with him. Officers abided by the father's wishes, even getting the child McDonald's and playing his favorite music for him.
DHS explaining that parents have the choice to keep their children with them upon removal, or to have them placed with a safe person of the parent's choosing, consistent with the policy of past administrations.
DHS also allows parents being removed to use the CBP Home app, which gives them a free flight back to their native country and $2,600, and reserves them the right to try and come back the legal way. Late yesterday, the family's attorney, claiming that the family, from Ecuador, has been seeking asylum through the protocol established by the Biden administration.
Proper asylum seekers are not technically considered illegal immigrants. We asked DHS about that claim, and they referred us to their earlier statement, which refers to this man as an illegal immigrant, presumably disagreeing with the assertions about asylum. A disturbing report out of New York City.
Three plainclothes NYPD detectives arriving at NYU Langone Cobble Hill Hospital in Brooklyn last Friday, seeking medical treatment for minor injuries following a struggle with a drug suspect, according to the New York Post. Hospital officials telling the detectives they could not enter the emergency room while armed...
prompting one officer to agree to hold his partner's firearm while the first officer was being treated. Hospital staff then approaching the second detective in the waiting room, instructing him to leave because he was armed. At that point, the NYPD tells the Post, quote, and that they should seek care elsewhere.
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