Do you think it's maybe just possible that the mods just missed that misuse of the term toddler, and not part of some Deep State lizard-people conspiracy?

I didn't notice it. Now that you bring it up, I agree that it is misleading; they are no doubt beyond the toddler stage; the youngest seem to be at least five-years-old And, no, they aren't being taken away to punish the parents - it seems to be so that the word will spread that if you cross the border illegally and then claim refugee status, your children will be taken from you.