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Family Says ICE Held 5-Year-Old Outside Massachusetts Home to Force Father's Surrender

ICE detained a 5-year-old autistic girl to pressure her father, who has lived in the U.S. for 22 years and has an active asylum claim, sparking calls for investigation.

  • ICE agents detained a five-year-old autistic girl outside her home in Leominster, Massachusetts, to pressure her father, Edward Hip, to surrender to authorities.
  • The girl was returned to her family after local police arrived at the scene.
  • Two days later, ICE arrested Edward Hip, who has an active asylum claim and is now held in a detention center in Plymouth.
  • The girl's mother can be heard pleading as agents surrounded the child.
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NBC LA broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, September 22, 2025.
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