Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - January 23, 2026


You Should Know： ICE Didn’t Arrest a 5-Year-Old ｜ The Riley Gaines Show


Episode Stats

Length

15 minutes

Words per Minute

185.64935

Word Count

2,859

Sentence Count

215

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

3


Summary

In this episode of the Riley Gaines Show, Riley talks about the March for Life and the recent ICE arrest of a 5-year-old coming home from preschool. She also talks about Bitcoin and the future of the space race.


Transcript

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00:00:30.000 Hello, you guys.
00:00:35.000 Welcome back to The Riley Gaines Show.
00:00:37.000 If you're watching at YouTube.com,
00:00:38.000 you can see I'm not in my home studio,
00:00:41.000 back on the road again,
00:00:42.000 but for good reason.
00:00:43.000 Today is the March for Life,
00:00:45.000 which you guys know we welcomed our daughter into the world
00:00:48.000 almost four months ago now,
00:00:50.000 which it's crazy.
00:00:51.000 They tell you like time passes by really quick
00:00:53.000 and you kind of roll your eyes at that,
00:00:54.000 but then she's here and it's cliche,
00:00:58.000 but time has really flown by.
00:01:01.000 Anyways, the necessity and the urgency to advocate
00:01:05.000 for those who can't advocate for themselves.
00:01:08.000 I feel very viscerally.
00:01:10.000 Now, when you have a daughter, a child of your own,
00:01:13.000 and in looking at her, yes, she's small.
00:01:16.000 Yes, she's fragile.
00:01:17.000 Yes, she's dependent on me and my husband,
00:01:20.000 but nonetheless, she has inherent value.
00:01:23.000 Anyways, very excited about this.
00:01:26.000 The vice president is going to be headlining the March for Life,
00:01:29.000 which is very timely,
00:01:31.000 given the fact that his wife, the second lady, Usha Vance,
00:01:34.000 just announced that they were welcoming their fourth baby into the world,
00:01:37.000 another little baby boy.
00:01:38.000 So, reminder that we are living in the most pro-family, pro-life administration,
00:01:43.000 certainly in modern history.
00:01:45.000 I think Fox News reported the other day that there are 68 kids in Trump's cabinet,
00:01:51.000 which majority of those come from Secretary Duffy.
00:01:54.000 I think him and Rachel have nine kids.
00:01:57.000 Pete Hegseth has seven kids.
00:01:59.000 Marco Rubio has four kids.
00:02:01.000 President Trump has five kids.
00:02:03.000 J.D. Vance now has four kids.
00:02:05.000 Caroline Levitt has two, right?
00:02:07.000 So, pro-family, pro-life.
00:02:08.000 They live it in their personal lives
00:02:10.000 and, of course, in the policies that they advocate for.
00:02:13.000 We have an exciting show today,
00:02:14.000 but before I tell you about any of that,
00:02:16.000 let's talk for a second about something people don't like to admit
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00:02:21.000 So, if your monthly payment feels impossible,
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00:02:27.000 and if every other lender has basically slammed the door in your face,
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00:02:34.000 They refinance private student loans that other companies won't touch,
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00:02:44.000 they work with you to create a budget that fits your lifestyle
00:02:48.000 and what you can actually afford.
00:02:49.000 That means lower monthly payments,
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00:02:52.000 and finally being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
00:02:55.000 Private student loan debt has been weighing you down or holding you back.
00:02:58.000 Understand you do not have to feel like that forever.
00:03:01.000 Go to whyrefi.com, that is Y-R-E-F-Y.com,
00:03:04.000 and make sure you tell them that Riley sent you.
00:03:06.000 I wanted to spend the first few minutes of today's episode
00:03:08.000 debunking the latest liberal lie about ICE.
00:03:11.000 This was posted on the Democrats' X page.
00:03:14.000 It says,
00:03:15.000 Dallas ICE arrested a five-year-old coming home from preschool
00:03:17.000 and tried to use him as human bait.
00:03:19.000 His teachers described him as a bright young student.
00:03:22.000 These monsters are sick.
00:03:24.000 And of course they included photos of this young boy.
00:03:27.000 And he's, I mean, he's beautiful.
00:03:29.000 He's adorable.
00:03:30.000 He has like these chubby little cheeks.
00:03:31.000 You can see this photo of him wearing this hat.
00:03:34.000 He's very clearly in the snow.
00:03:36.000 His backpack on as if he just left school.
00:03:38.000 Of course, the intention here is to pull at your heartstrings.
00:03:41.000 And maybe that would be effective if the story were true.
00:03:45.000 Now, the Department of Homeland Security posted this
00:03:47.000 from their official X page.
00:03:49.000 They said,
00:03:50.000 ICE did not target a child.
00:03:51.000 The child was abandoned.
00:03:53.000 On January 20th, ICE conducted a targeted operation
00:03:55.000 to arrest Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias,
00:03:58.000 an illegal alien from Ecuador,
00:03:59.000 who was released into the U.S. by the Biden administration.
00:04:02.000 As agents approached, the driver fled on foot,
00:04:04.000 abandoning his child.
00:04:05.000 For the child's safety,
00:04:06.000 one of our ICE officers remained with the child,
00:04:08.000 while the other officers comprehended the father.
00:04:11.000 Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children,
00:04:14.000 or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates.
00:04:17.000 This is consistent with past administration's immigration enforcement.
00:04:21.000 Parents can take control of their departure
00:04:23.000 and receive a free flight and $2,600 with the CBP Home app.
00:04:27.000 By using the CBP Home app, illegal aliens reserve the chance
00:04:30.000 to come back the right and legal way.
00:04:32.000 Now, Vice President J.D. Vance was in Minneapolis today,
00:04:35.000 and I think he delivered a beautiful response to this.
00:04:38.000 Let's watch it.
00:04:39.000 The fact that we're standing behind law enforcement,
00:04:42.000 and I'm proud of the fact that we're enforcing the country's laws.
00:04:44.000 But, you know, you asked a question about this five-year-old kid.
00:04:47.000 I actually saw this terrible story while I was coming to Minneapolis.
00:04:51.000 We had just left Toledo, Ohio this morning for an economic messaging event.
00:04:54.000 And I see this story, and I'm a father of a five-year-old actually,
00:04:57.000 a five-year-old little boy.
00:04:58.000 And I think to myself, oh my God, this is terrible.
00:05:01.000 How did we arrest a five-year-old?
00:05:02.000 Well, I do a little bit more follow-up research.
00:05:04.000 And what I find is that the five-year-old was not arrested,
00:05:08.000 that his dad was an illegal alien.
00:05:10.000 And then when they went to arrest his illegal alien father, the father ran.
00:05:15.000 So the story is that ICE detained a five-year-old.
00:05:19.000 Well, what are they supposed to do?
00:05:20.000 Are they supposed to let a five-year-old child freeze to death?
00:05:23.000 Are they not supposed to arrest an illegal alien in the United States of America?
00:05:28.000 If the argument is that you can't arrest people who have violated our laws because they have children,
00:05:34.000 then every single parent is going to be completely given immunity from ever being the subject of law enforcement.
00:05:41.000 That doesn't make any sense. No one thinks that makes any sense.
00:05:44.000 Now, you know, there are so many of these cases like that where if you just understand the context,
00:05:48.000 there have been a number of situations that I've looked into personally where I say,
00:05:52.000 wait a second, we don't want ICE arresting American citizens.
00:05:56.000 They're supposed to be enforcing the immigration laws against illegal aliens.
00:06:00.000 So then I look into it and I find out that the American citizen who was arrested took a swing at an ICE office.
00:06:06.000 I'm so hoping this is our next president.
00:06:09.000 He speaks with such clarity and confidence and compassion.
00:06:14.000 That was a compassionate response.
00:06:16.000 He starts by saying, look, I have a five-year-old child.
00:06:19.000 He says, I don't want to see Americans arrested by ICE.
00:06:23.000 But he perfectly lays out the real and truthful account of what happened,
00:06:28.000 which is not what liberal mainstream media outlets are doing.
00:06:32.000 They're spreading a totally false narrative, a narrative, again, being spread by massive news organizations and the Democratic Party,
00:06:39.000 which is actually incredibly dangerous, especially for people who aren't inclined to watch and follow the news closely.
00:06:46.000 Maybe I'm sure you know people in your life who just kind of read the headline of the article and they see this photo of, again,
00:06:53.000 this beautiful young boy wearing this hat, standing out in the cold with his backpack on.
00:06:59.000 It pulls at your heartstrings.
00:07:01.000 But it's not true.
00:07:03.000 The media is lying to drive a false narrative.
00:07:07.000 Now, that doesn't mean that we should trust the government unconditionally either.
00:07:11.000 OK, but we should consider at the very least that the media, as with every topic, every subject, probably isn't telling the full truth.
00:07:20.000 And so I'm kind of of two minds here, like is this arm of left wing media?
00:07:25.000 And again, kind of like the entirety of the Democratic Party.
00:07:28.000 Are they just really good manipulators, which I'm inclined to believe because they've manipulated people into believing that men can become women?
00:07:37.000 Or are people just too lazy and unwilling to think to think critically and for themselves and independently without being told how to feel or what to say or what to think?
00:07:51.000 Honestly, I think it's both.
00:07:52.000 I think they're counting on people being lazy and stupid.
00:07:55.000 They're banking on it, actually.
00:07:57.000 Take the Washington Post, for example.
00:07:59.000 They posted about this story today.
00:08:00.000 It was not until the fifth paragraph into the piece did they acknowledge that the father was an illegal alien who fled on foot, abandoning his child.
00:08:09.000 Not until the fifth paragraph.
00:08:10.000 Why did they do that?
00:08:11.000 They're banking on you being lazy and stupid.
00:08:14.000 That's what they hope.
00:08:15.000 They don't want you to make it that deep into the piece, which kind of says a lot about their product.
00:08:19.000 They want you to read the headline.
00:08:20.000 They want you to read the first paragraph where they tell you about this five year old boy who was detained by ICE on his way home from preschool.
00:08:27.000 They include the photos.
00:08:28.000 That's what they want you to see.
00:08:29.000 They don't want you to make it to the fifth paragraph.
00:08:31.000 So I encourage you.
00:08:32.000 Actually, I am like begging you.
00:08:34.000 I am pleading.
00:08:35.000 Think critically.
00:08:37.000 Think independently.
00:08:38.000 Think for yourself.
00:08:40.000 Use your brain.
00:08:41.000 It is a muscle.
00:08:42.000 Exercise it.
00:08:43.000 And I'm not just telling you to only watch conservative news organizations.
00:08:48.000 Of course not.
00:08:49.000 I think there's value actually in listening to both sides.
00:08:52.000 Read the Washington Post article.
00:08:54.000 Watch Fox News.
00:08:55.000 Then I actually think it's easier to form an unbiased opinion based on your own moral conviction of what your heart and your head is telling you is the righteous, good, just, fair, moral thing.
00:09:08.000 And it bothers me because there are so many people on the other side of these issues, whether it's I think really in particularly these social justice issues that are otherwise smart people.
00:09:20.000 But they just don't think the media that we consume now is so incendiary because the reporters, they're not actually journalists.
00:09:30.000 I, well, maybe they call themselves that, but I think a better way to describe them is activists.
00:09:36.000 They're approaching the discussion or the topic already with an inherent informed opinion, a bias.
00:09:43.000 And you can use the whole both sides thing.
00:09:45.000 Sure.
00:09:46.000 Right.
00:09:47.000 Of course, again, nobody is perfect.
00:09:48.000 Neither side is perfect.
00:09:50.000 But it is certainly happening from one side far more frequently and far more in a destructive and dangerous manner than the other side.
00:09:59.000 The language that they're using, the made up stories, is exactly why people feel morally justified in attacking ICE agents.
00:10:08.000 That's why they have to stay masked and cover their faces because they understand the repercussions that would potentially come their way because people feel justified in raining terror on these law enforcement officers because of the way that they are portrayed.
00:10:24.000 So I will say thank you to our ICE agents.
00:10:27.000 Thank you for not abandoning that five year old boy like his father did.
00:10:31.000 I am glad and I am grateful that we have law enforcement officers that will provide care to kids when their parents abandoned them in the freezing cold weather, mind you.
00:10:38.000 I'm glad that they sheltered him from the cold weather.
00:10:40.000 I'm glad that they watched over him and stepped in until he could be placed under safe adult supervision.
00:10:46.000 Yes, I know the dad was scared of being caught and deported out of this country, but how much more scared was the child who was left alone?
00:10:56.000 My final plea to you all do not let compassion or what you believe to be compassion cloud you or suspend you from thinking critically.
00:11:06.000 Now, I know I was just talking about how insufferable left wing mainstream media is, but the most insufferable arm of left wing media is left wing sports media.
00:11:20.000 I've got a clip I want to show you guys. Let's watch it here.
00:11:23.000 Congratulations on the win. I've been asking a lot of the American players just how it feels to play under the American flag right now.
00:11:29.000 And I'm curious how you feel.
00:11:31.000 Yeah, I mean, I was born in America, so I'm always proud to represent my country.
00:11:36.000 And yeah, a lot of us are doing really well.
00:11:39.000 And it's great to see a lot of, you know, great athletes on the women's side, on the men's side.
00:11:44.000 So, yeah, I feel like we're all doing a great job representing ourselves.
00:11:49.000 Sorry, do you mind if I follow up?
00:11:50.000 Sure.
00:11:51.000 Sorry. Just to clarify a little, I mean, sort of in the context of the last year of everything that's been happening in the in the U.S., does that complicate that feeling at all?
00:11:59.000 I don't think that's relevant.
00:12:02.000 The fatigue is so real.
00:12:04.000 A little bit of context here.
00:12:05.000 This is Amanda Anisimova.
00:12:07.000 This is at the Australian Open.
00:12:09.000 Clearly, this is a post-match presser.
00:12:11.000 The reporter is from The Athletic.
00:12:14.000 He is clearly trying to bait Amanda into bashing America, the country that she plays for, the flag that she plays under.
00:12:22.000 And he insinuates living in America the past year, clearly taking a hit at President Trump, his administration in the state of the country under his leadership.
00:12:31.000 He wanted Amanda Anisimova to say that orange man bad.
00:12:35.000 Trump is bad.
00:12:36.000 And she wasn't the first athlete, the first tennis player that he asked us to.
00:12:40.000 He also asked Coco Gauff the same question, which she responded back and said she felt fatigued talking about politics, but it was hard to be a black woman in the United States.
00:12:49.000 My response to this is to get this man out of the press room.
00:12:54.000 What is he doing there?
00:12:55.000 His job is to talk about sports, not politics, not baiting people into saying something anti-American or anti-conservative.
00:13:03.000 Sports is supposed to be the one place where you don't have to think about politics or discuss your political views because honestly, they don't matter.
00:13:13.000 That's not what is contributing to the most successful tennis player or soccer player or football team.
00:13:19.000 It has nothing to do with your politics and everything to do with your athletic ability, your talent, your skill set.
00:13:26.000 That's what he should be asking these young women about, not President Trump.
00:13:30.000 This was just a gross, gross form of sports journalism.
00:13:34.000 We really, you can't even call it that at all.
00:13:36.000 And I think Amanda did a fantastic job in her response.
00:13:38.000 I don't know if this was, you know, being media trained.
00:13:41.000 I am sure she had different things.
00:13:43.000 She probably would have liked to say, regardless of again, how she feels politically to be asked that as a incredibly accomplished female athlete is honestly just a knock and incredibly insulting.
00:13:55.000 Um, but to respond back and say, that's not relevant.
00:13:59.000 She made him look like the idiot that he is.
00:14:01.000 It was a perfect answer to a stupid question.
00:14:04.000 And honestly, when I saw this, like it's kind of giving this energy.
00:14:08.000 Honestly, I love this meme and has become so applicable in so many different settings.
00:14:13.000 And I think it's proof that this guy has no idea what it takes to be a world-class athlete.
00:14:19.000 There's like a million things that I could think of to ask Amanda that I'm curious about that has led to the very clear success and deserved success that she has.
00:14:31.000 Like a million questions.
00:14:32.000 And he goes down this route.
00:14:33.000 So, Amanda, if you want a real interview by someone who is genuinely curious and amazed by your athleticism, come on the Riley Gaines Show.
00:14:43.000 I have one more thing I want to talk to you guys about because I feel very strongly about it and it has become my entire timeline on X at the moment.
00:14:49.000 But I think I'm going to save it for a different episode is the Meghan Trainor controversy.
00:14:55.000 She just welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world.
00:14:58.000 Actually, she did not welcome the beautiful baby girl.
00:15:01.000 Her surrogate did.
00:15:02.000 I've got some thoughts here and they might not be very popular, but we are going to save that for next week.
00:15:08.000 So thank you guys for tuning into the Riley Gaines Show on this happy and dandy Friday.
00:15:13.000 We're going to be marching for life.
00:15:15.000 Um, make sure you like comment, subscribe, share these episodes far and wide.
00:15:21.000 It means the world to me when you do.
00:15:23.000 So we'll see you next week.