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McLaughlin

American  
[muh-klawf-lin] / məˈklɔf lɪn /

noun

  1. John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.


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Officers made several attempts to get his mother, who was inside the house, to take custody of him, saying she wouldn’t be detained if she did, according to DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Our officers primary concern during the entire operation was the safety and welfare of the child. Following the mother’s abandonment of the child, officers abided by the father’s wishes to keep the child with him and even got the child McDonald’s and played his favorite music,” McLaughlin said.

From The Wall Street Journal

McLaughlin justified the deployment of gas, as officers were “repeatedly harassed and blocked by hostile crowds while simply trying to take bathroom breaks.”

From Salon

In a statement, Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokeswoman, said people targeted under the new policy “have had full due process and a final order of removal from an immigration judge.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In an email response to the Times, Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said the department has made more than 12,000 arrest — up from 10,000 in December —in Los Angeles since the stepped-up immigration enforcement operations began in June.

From Los Angeles Times