In , a father is apprehended by immigration agents before two masked and armed officers drive away in his car with his young toddler still secured in a car seat inside. In , a father appears to suffer convulsions as masked agents try to remove his screaming child from his arms.

These two events—captured in videos that have gained widespread attention recently—underscore how the Trump Administration’s enforcement efforts are increasingly endangering young children.

President Donald Trump has pledged to undertake the in U.S. history. He has dispatched numerous federal immigration agents nationwide to execute heavily armed raids and mobile patrols in an effort to meet ambitious arrest and deportation targets.

Prior to the emergence of the two widely shared videos last week, a prominent raid on a Chicago apartment building by hundreds of Border Patrol and ICE agents drew significant criticism from state and city officials. This backlash occurred after children were gathered in the middle of the night and held while residents faced interrogation.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker directed state agencies to investigate the handling of four children detained during the raid, asserting that “military-style tactics should never be employed against children in a functional democracy.”

Children were involved in another ICE arrest in Chicago when an employee of the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center was taken into custody in front of her students on Wednesday as they were being dropped off.

A of the incident, circulated by Democratic Representative Mike Quigley, shows a woman, later identified as Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, screaming as she is pulled from the daycare building. Quigley stated that ICE agents “entered the facility without a warrant, pursuing a teacher, and apprehended her in front of her students.” He remarked at a news conference Wednesday afternoon that the occurrence demonstrated a “total absence of humanity.”

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated via social media that the vehicle in which Galeano was a passenger attempted to evade ICE officers when they initiated a traffic stop. McLaughlin reported that Galeano then ran into the daycare, where she was arrested. Santillana Galeano is presently held at an ICE facility in Clark County, Indiana, as confirmed by her attorney. A federal judge has temporarily halted her removal, awaiting a hearing.

‘Weary and injured’

The initial video from last week, showing agents departing with a toddler still inside a vehicle, occurred in Los Angeles during an operation at a Home Depot in the Cypress Park neighborhood. This event resulted in the apprehension of five individuals, identified by the government as undocumented immigrants.

The footage depicts immigration agents apprehending a man, later named Dennis Quiñonez, while bystanders yell that a child is in the back of the vehicle. Following the arrest, two agents, with weapons affixed to their uniforms, entered his car and drove it away with the child inside.

Among the tumult, an onlooker can be heard exclaiming: “There’s a baby in the back!”

The girl was reconnected with her grandmother, Maria Avalos, later that day. Avalos issued a after her son was released.

“When I collected my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a soiled diaper, a facial bruise, and was developing a rash,” she recounted. “She was fatigued and wept… My heart is pained realizing this could befall others, my children, or even myself, despite being U.S. citizens.”

She further stated, “I worry for my grandchildren maturing in a nation that targets and stereotypes individuals with darker skin. I hope conditions ameliorate, though it’s difficult to conceive how they could deteriorate further.”

A federal criminal complaint lodged against Quiñonez alleges unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by an individual with a prior domestic violence conviction. Both Quiñonez and his child hold U.S. citizenship.

A DHS spokesperson asserted in a statement to TIME that Quiñonez assailed officers who were attempting to make arrests.

“During the operation, a U.S. citizen exited his vehicle, brandishing a hammer and pelting law enforcement personnel with rocks, all while a child was present in his car,” they stated. “He was apprehended for assault, and a pistol, reported stolen from New York, was discovered in his vehicle during his arrest. The individual also has an outstanding warrant for property damage.”

Avalos, Quiñonez’s mother, informed the Los Angeles Times that the warrant prompting her son’s arrest pertained to graffiti.

In the second video, captured on Thursday and acquired by the Boston Globe, a man subsequently identified as Carlos Sebastian Zapata, was cradling his toddler and seemed to lose consciousness as ICE authorities sought to apprehend his wife—a situation officials contend involved the man “feigning” a medical emergency.

The footage depicts a tumultuous scene, with numerous individuals visible and audible protesting the arrest, exclaiming “he’s having a seizure,” while officers endeavor to extract passengers from a vehicle during a stop in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The man occupied the driver’s seat, and the woman sat in the passenger seat, their weeping child held by the man. Bystanders observed as one individual cried out: “They’re trying to rip the baby out of [his] hand.”

The DHS defended the apprehension, labeling the video “deceptive.” In a statement, it asserted that agents were attempting to execute a warrant for Zapata’s wife, Juliana Milena Ojeda-Montoya, regarding an alleged stabbing of a co-worker’s hand. The DHS stated that Ojeda-Montoya, an Ecuadorian national, is in the country unlawfully and was taken into custody on Thursday. The agency further claimed in its statement that the child was positioned on the mother’s lap in the car’s front seat.

McLaughlin alleged that Zapata fabricated his medical emergency: “On-scene Emergency Medical Personnel found no genuine medical condition—ICE contacted 911 and the illegal alien declined any medical attention,” she .

Zapata informed The Globe that he clung to his wife due to concern over her arrest and began experiencing “convulsions.” He reported that during the apprehension, ICE agents pushed him, struck him around his ribs, and applied pressure to his neck.

“And at that point, I released my wife,” Zapata stated.