Report a story

Details

The mother and daughter were taken into custody, transported to San Antonio, and deported in less than a week. ICE kept their location a secret and blocked access to an attorney or judge. The mother had requested the child stay in the US with relatives.

References

• A New Case, the Same Harm: ICE Continues to Put Children at Risk and Violate Their Rights (theyoungcenter.org)
• Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown (theguardian.com)
• ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from Texas to Honduras, group says (mysanantonio.com)