USA: Authorities are shifting two-year-old US citizens

A US federal judge checks the case of a two-year-old who has probably been deported to Honduras despite her US citizenship. There is an urgent suspicion that the government has deprived a US citizen “without meaningful proceedings”, the judge of a district court in Louisiana, Terry A. Doughty, wrote in a decision. He ordered a hearing for mid -May in Monroe.

According to the court document, which the “Politico” portal reports, the child was brought to Honduras together with his mother, who is said to be illegally immigrated to the USA. “The government claims that all of this is okay because the mother wishes that the child will be deported with her,” writes Doughty. However, the court did not know that. Doughty tried to speak to the mother to check her consent and custody. But at that time the woman was brought to Honduras.

An application to court in favor of the girl states that a few days ago with his mother and the eleven-year-old sister, it was at regular control in the office of the immigration and customs authority in New Orleans. The three were arrested there. After that, the father was only able to speak to his partner for about a minute on the phone. He couldn’t see his daughter anymore. The court now has to decide on an application for examination and an urgent request for issuing an injunction.

Critics complain that the migration authorities have been pursuing a tough course with sometimes overwhelmed decisions since US President Donald Trump took office-despite doubts about the legality of deportations. The plans are partially thwarted by the judiciary. Most recently, the US Supreme Court initially stopped the deportation of Venezuelans.