MS NOW journalist Jacob Soboroff reported that 500 babies and toddlers have been jailed in the second Trump presidency as of March 2026 inside an ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas. MS NOW host Joe Scarborough noted that Christian pro-life activists have not voiced any objection to the imprisoning of babies.and toddlers by Trump.
The Marshall Project reports:
On an average day under Trump, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody. In total, at least 500 babies and toddlers have been detained…
ICE has dramatically increased detentions of children aged 3 and under, holding 25 of them in custody on an average day between January 2025 and March of this year, according to a new analysis by The Marshall Project and MS NOW of records obtained by the Deportation Data Project, a group of academics and lawyers who collect and share federal immigration data.
That number is 10 times higher than it was in the previous 12 months under former President Joe Biden. Back then, on an average day, fewer than three babies and toddlers were held at facilities across the country.
Parents in ICE detention have complained of substandard conditions that frequently left their young children sick, isolated and regressing in their physical and intellectual development.
(Sources: The Marshall Project, MS NOW)