Families share accounts of ICE enforcement activity in Santa FeDHS cited Edgar Chacon-Miranda’s previous arrests, but court records reviewed by KOAT show the related felony case was dismissed in 2018 and no refiling was found.Family members and New Mexico lawmakers are raising concerns about recent immigration arrests in Santa Fe, including the detention of a father outside a medical center while taking his daughter to an appointment.The Department of Homeland Security identified the man arrested Wednesday as Edgar Chacon-Miranda.Madeline Pernillo, Chacon-Miranda’s niece, described him as a devoted father who worked at a restaurant to provide for his three daughters.“My uncle, he is an amazing person. He is an amazing dad,” Pernillo told KOAT in an interview. “All he does is work and provide for his three daughters.”Pernillo said Chacon-Miranda was taking his 11-year-old daughter to an appointment on Wednesday when federal agents detained him before they entered the building. She said the child witnessed agents banging on the vehicle and threatening to break its windows.“My cousin, she got traumatized from it,” Pernillo said.She said the arrest has taken an emotional toll on Chacon-Miranda’s daughters, especially the 11-year-old.“Their dad is the only person and the main person they have. And it’s been hard on them," Pernillo said. “My little cousins shouldn’t be worrying about this. They should be worrying about going to school, focusing on school, and not be focusing on their dad being taken away by ICE.”In a statement Thursday, DHS called Chacon-Miranda a “criminal illegal alien” with “an extensive criminal history.” The agency cited previous arrests involving allegations of battery against a household member, second-degree criminal sexual penetration, child abuse and abandonment of a child.Court records reviewed by KOAT show the felony case connected to those allegations was dismissed without prejudice in 2018, meaning prosecutors had the option to refile it. KOAT found no record showing those charges were refiled.Full DHS statement: “On August 19, ICE conducted a targeted enforcement operation and arrested Edgar Chacon-Miranda, a criminal illegal alien. He was arrested inside the parking lot of the La Familia Medical Center Pharmacy after officers observed him park there. Chacon-Miranda’s extensive criminal history includes arrests for battery against a household member, criminal sexual penetration in the second degree, child abuse, and abandonment of a child.“Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE is targeting the worst of the worst. Nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.” KOAT asked DHS to confirm the arrests of the other seven people outlined at Wednesday's press conference. The agency did not immediately respond to the request.Lawmakers hear from affected familiesA day after Chacon-Miranda’s detention, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez and New Mexico House Majority Floor Leader Reena Szczepanski met with relatives of people reportedly detained during the Santa Fe enforcement activity.“As a mom and the daughter of immigrants, I was outraged,” Szczepanski said. “I was heartbroken by the stories that I heard.”The congresswoman said she would call on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep those detained in New Mexico.“Do not take them out of New Mexico,” Leger Fernandez said. She also criticized agents reportedly threatening to damage vehicles, saying, “Stop breaking the windows of a car when you have no warrant.”Leger Fernandez highlighted the cases of several families, including that of Yajaira Gutierrez. Gutierrez said agents arrested her mother-in-law while the family was taking Gutierrez’s 2-month-old daughter, who uses oxygen, to a cardiology appointment.Gutierrez said federal agents surrounded their vehicle and threatened to break its windows. She said her mother-in-law surrendered because the baby was vulnerable.“We didn’t want to give them any information, but when I had my vulnerable daughter, I had no choice but to tell my mother-in-law to give in,” Gutierrez said in Spanish. “We just want to try to have a normal life like any other human being in this world."Lawmakers also described other reported arrests involving a woman with an autoimmune disease and a single mother whose college-age son is now caring for his younger siblings.Leger Fernandez said another mother was arrested after agents detained her husband and brother. According to the congresswoman, that woman has since been released with an ankle monitor. Szczepanski called reports of agents threatening to break vehicle windows while children were inside “an outrage.”“These stories are going to stick with me for a long time, and these families need quite a bit of help,” she said.Pernillo said her family remains frightened but is trying to stay strong. She shared a message for her uncle: “Your daughters are doing amazing, and I hope you get out of there soon.”