‘Sob stories’: Trump admin lashes out at NYT after new report

A Trump administration official raged against The New York Times for profiling a Jamaican national who was deported in February, calling the profile a "sob story."

"Why does the New York Times continue to peddle sob stories about criminal illegal aliens and ignore their victims?" Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, per Fox News.

The profile in The Times concerned Nascimento Blair, who had not been to his home country in 21 years.

Blair is a convicted felon with a record of kidnapping, according to Fox News and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But The Times described him as a "changed man" who "had been rebuilding his life and seeking redemption" since his sentence.

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"The Times reported that, in addition to kidnapping, Blair had been selling marijuana and had been accused of kidnapping, 'pistol-whipping' and demanding money from a teenager who had stolen some of his supply," reported Fox News. "After being convicted of kidnapping, The Times said that Blair used his time in prison to get bachelor’s and master’s degrees and that after his release, he got involved with his community and volunteered."

This comes as Trump has come under fire for a number of other cases to come out of his push for mass deportations.

In one of the most controversial cases, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland family man, was summarily removed to the infamous CECOT megaprison in El Salvador, despite an active protective order preventing him from being sent to that country for his own safety. Multiple courts, including the Supreme Court, have held the administration must "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's return, which the administration has claimed does not actually require them to secure his return to the United States.