Homeland insecurity: Meltdown in Minnesota

It wasn’t surprising to learn that there was more to the story of the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis last week than met the eye. The heartrending picture of the frightened boy in his winter hat being led into a dark vehicle by a masked officer sparked a visceral response. But as it happened, the boy was alone in a vehicle because his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled on foot upon seeing the officers. And when the officer attempted to return the boy to his home, his mother and whomever else was inside refused to open the door. Only then was he led by the hand to the vehicle.

Predictably, the evocative image went viral on social media, along with false context spread