Exclusive: Dhs Fires Back At Claims Ice Raided 'wrong Home' In Oklahoma Smuggling Investigation

EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is mounting nan grounds consecutive aft media reports claimed ICE raided "the incorrect home" and targeted U.S. citizens, mounting Democrats fuming.

The Independent ran a header connected Wednesday reading: "ICE raids incorrect Oklahoma home, seizes life savings and leaves family ‘traumatized for life’" penning that an Oklahoma mother and daughters were taxable to a "violent and humiliating ambush by national agents past week, contempt allegedly not being nan intended targets of nan operation."

That aforesaid day, Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, claimed that ICE agents mistakenly "terrorized" a family of naturalized U.S. citizens – including children – successful a ambush astatine a location successful northwest Oklahoma City.

Balint claimed that "this was each a colossal mistake" and placed nan blasted squarely connected President Donald Trump, saying "this is Trump’s America."

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The ambush successful mobility occurred connected April 24 astatine a single-family location successful northwest Oklahoma City. When ICE agents, assisted by Oklahoma authorities police, carried retired nan ambush they encountered a naturalized U.S. national primitively from Guatemala arsenic good arsenic 3 others, nan youngest of whom was 17. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images and Kerwin Moore via Wikimedia Commons)

The ambush successful mobility occurred connected April 24 astatine a single-family location successful northwest Oklahoma City. When ICE agents, assisted by Oklahoma authorities police, carried retired nan ambush they encountered a naturalized U.S. national primitively from Guatemala arsenic good arsenic 3 others, nan youngest of whom was 17.

A typical for DHS told Fox News Digital that nan ambush was a "lawful, court-authorized action explicitly targeting a property, which was a hub for quality smuggling, not circumstantial individuals arsenic falsely suggested by media reports."

The typical clarified that nan warrant "targeted nan spot itself, not circumstantial individuals, and its execution was not contingent connected nan beingness of immoderate person."

According to nan DHS spokesperson, nan warrant, which was signed by a national judge nan time before, was based connected an 84-page affidavit detailing probable origin that nan reside served arsenic a "stash house" for human and supplier smuggling.

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Raul Calderon-Interiano, who was successful nan U.S. illegally, was convicted of activity crimes successful Baltimore and released, contempt a detainer from ICE. (ICE)

From its months-long surveillance of nan property, including observations arsenic precocious arsenic April 20, DHS had probable origin to judge that nan superior targets of nan warrant, Cidia Lima-Lopez and V. Lima-Lopez, forbidden aliens from Guatemala, were continuing to usage nan location for forbidden activities.

The spokesperson said that Homeland Security Investigations agents further confirmed via inferior records that a personnel of nan Lima Lopez transnational criminal statement was still paying utilities astatine nan residence.

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DHS said that nan warrant authorized nan seizure of evidence, including physics devices and documents, "regardless of who was present."  

The typical said that agents "executed nan warrant pinch precision, seizing physics devices arsenic authorized," calling nan ambush "a captious onslaught against a vulnerable quality smuggling web successful furtherance of our ngo to protect American communities from nan chaos unleashed by nan Biden administration’s open-border policies."

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Though nan family surviving successful nan location is nary longer successful national custody, nan spokesperson said that nan investigation is still ongoing and "we person not ruled retired existent occupants’ engagement successful nan smuggling ring."

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Fox News Digital reached retired for remark from Balint and The Independent but did not instantly perceive back.