Pregnant mother deported with 2-year-old U.S. citizen child after two minutes on phone
Apr 28, 2025
Country of origin: Honduras

A pregnant mother and her 2-year-old U.S. citizen daughter were deported to Honduras after the mother was given less than two minutes on the phone with her husband to decide the child's fate. Attorneys say ICE denied the family contact with lawyers and each other throughout the process. ICE produced a one-page note in Spanish claiming consent, but her attorney states she was forced to write it and did not willingly consent to the deportation.
Sources
- Attorneys dispute Trump officials' claim that deported moms willingly took their U.S. citizen children
NBC News·Apr 29, 2025·archived copy
NBC News·Apr 29, 2025·archived copy
- aol.com
- Deported Moms' Only Option Was to Take Kids: Lawyer
newser.com·Apr 29, 2025·archived copy
- The Administration denies the deportation of three American children: "The deported mothers chose to take them with them"
voz.us·Apr 28, 2025·archived copy
Related incidents
- Man who told agents 'I'm a citizen' deported from Texas days laterOct 8, 2026 · TX
- Men detained in Dover, NJ raid held at Roxbury warehouse; one deported to HondurasOct 8, 2026 · Dover, NJ
- US deported 500+ people to third-country African nations despite torture, persecution risksOct 8, 2026
- Medford father deported to Mexico, leaving wife and five children behindOct 7, 2026 · Medford, OR
- Phoenix man unlawfully deported to Equatorial Guinea, beaten and missing after speaking to pressOct 7, 2026 · Tucson, AZ
- Cuban man detained in Florida, deported to Central African Republic, held in BanguiOct 6, 2026 · West Palm Beach, FL