2-year-old U.S. citizen apparently deported ‘with no meaningful process,’ judge says

A federal judge in Louisiana ruled that a 2-year-old U.S. citizen, identified as VML, may have been deported to Honduras with her mother without proper due process. Judge Terry Doughty expressed concern over the deportation, noting that while the government claims the mother consented, the court remains uncertain about this. The child was born in Baton Rouge in January 2023 and was taken by ICE during a scheduled check-in, prompting legal challenges regarding her constitutional rights as a U.S. citizen.

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