Omar silent on anti-ICE post despite NBC backtracking on viral social media narrative

Omar's remarks came in response to an article the outlet originally posted on X with the caption, "ICE agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl's family."

"This is vile and beyond cruel. Abolish ICE," Omar posted in response on Tuesday.

Omar's post remained as-is, however, and is still up as of Thursday morning.

Fox News Digital reached out to her congressional office and her campaign to ask for comment and whether she planned on amending the post, but no response was given.

NBC reported that the father, Edwards Hip Mejia, told his wife he believed he was being followed and drove home. Once there, he allegedly ran toward the parking lot, but agents "grabbed" their daughter, the wife told Telemundo.

The girl's mother can be heard telling officers her daughter is on the spectrum before demanding they return her child.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin responded to Omar on X, calling the progressive's words "cruel."

"ICE agents NEVER used a 5-year-old girl as 'bait.' The criminal illegal alien target - with previous arrests for domestic abuse and strangulation, among other charges - ABANDONED his own child in a car," McLaughlin wrote.

"The target, Edwards Hip Mejia, ignored law enforcement emergency lights to pull over and drove back to his house. He fled from the car, gave officers the double middle finger, and darted inside his house. He abandoned his 5-year-old daughter in the car. Officers helped rescue the child and called local police to report the abandonment."

DHS has said it "appears to be motivated by a hatred for ICE."