Homeland Security Secretary responded to criticism from Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico about the deportation of a young boy who was detained with his father by federal immigration authorities.

Victor Martinez Nieto and his 5-year-old son, Liam Tadeo, were both deported on Tuesday. The pair were detained by authorities in Austin, Texas, earlier this month while on their way to a soccer match.

On Wednesday, Talarico, who has highlighted the case in his criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda, said Tadeo, who was slated to start kindergarten this week, should have spent his first day of school…

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