2-year-old U.S. citizen apparently deported by ICE to Honduras with pregnant mother
A 2-year-old U.S. citizen was apparently deported to Honduras with her mother after the mother was seized at a routine check-in and held for three days without contact with family or lawyers.
Apr 25, 2025New Orleans, LACountry of origin: Honduras

A 2-year-old U.S. citizen was apparently removed to Honduras on Friday with her mother, who had been ordered deported, according to a federal judge in Louisiana. The child's mother, a Honduran national, was seized by ICE on Tuesday morning in New Orleans while attending a scheduled check-in appointment with an Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office. During approximately three days in ICE custody, the mother and her two daughters were separated from family and legal counsel. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty wrote that the child was sent to Honduras "with no meaningful due process" and expressed "strong suspicion that the Government just deported a U.S. citizen." The mother's attorney stated that ICE mischaracterized the removal as the mother's voluntary choice and that she was pregnant and prevented from contacting lawyers or family to make arrangements.
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- 2-year-old U.S. citizen apparently removed from the country 'with no meaningful process,' judge says
NBC News·Apr 28, 2025·archived copy
- Reuters
- Two-year-old US citizen may have been deported without 'meaningful process'
BBC·Apr 26, 2025·archived copy
- U.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process'
NPR·Apr 26, 2025·archived copy
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