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Rhiannon12866

(253,210 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:00 AM 7 hrs ago

First grader after ICE detained her father: Nobody came back - The Weeknight - MS NOW



The Weeknight hosts react to an MS NOW exclusive featuring a first grader who describes being left alone after her father was detained by ICE while picking up food and the moment she realized he was not coming back. - Aired on 02/23/2026.
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First grader after ICE detained her father: Nobody came back - The Weeknight - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 7 hrs ago OP
She was home by herself for two hours before she went outside to look for help ... cliffside 7 hrs ago #1
Thank you! Certainly traumatizing for a child that young Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago #2
Definitely traumatizing ... cliffside 6 hrs ago #3
I sure do, I immediately panicked and I certainly had less reason than this little girl Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago #4
There's going to be an entire generation of traumatized kids Bayard 6 hrs ago #5
I certainly agree, and didn't we hold mass protests during his last term against "kids in cages??" Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago #6

cliffside

(1,643 posts)
1. She was home by herself for two hours before she went outside to look for help ...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:45 AM
7 hrs ago

full interview on the Weekend Primetime, about 8 minutes.






Rhiannon12866

(253,210 posts)
2. Thank you! Certainly traumatizing for a child that young
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:57 AM
6 hrs ago

I still remember when I was about the same age when I came home from school to an empty house and I freaked out, turns out my mother and pre-school brother were just at a neighbor's...

Rhiannon12866

(253,210 posts)
4. I sure do, I immediately panicked and I certainly had less reason than this little girl
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:07 AM
6 hrs ago

And my mother, at the same age, was a latch key kid since her parents were both immigrants (from Poland) and worked full time, so my mother was also responsible for her little sister...

Bayard

(29,178 posts)
5. There's going to be an entire generation of traumatized kids
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:34 AM
6 hrs ago

trump should pay for their treatment out of his own pocket.

Rhiannon12866

(253,210 posts)
6. I certainly agree, and didn't we hold mass protests during his last term against "kids in cages??"
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:45 AM
6 hrs ago

I definitely remember the record number who came out in my small city, ran into seven people I knew. And then there are the kids who are traumatized by the mass shootings and the drills in the schools. My cousin's daughter is still traumatized just from the drills...

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