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ICE Detained 4-Year-Old U.S. Citizen and Family in Hotels for Weeks

Dec 20, 2025·Location: New York, NY

Country of origin: Honduras

ICE Detained 4-Year-Old U.S. Citizen and Family in Hotels for Weeks
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ICE agents arrested a Honduran mother and her two children, including a 4-year-old U.S. citizen, at a check-in appointment on December 20, 2025. The family was detained in hotel rooms for 18 days across multiple locations, including near LaGuardia Airport and Alexandria, Louisiana, during which they had minimal contact with the outside world. They were briefly placed on a plane to Honduras before being taken off due to a federal judge's temporary restraining order blocking their deportation, and were eventually released on January 7, 2026.

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