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

A federal judge on Friday said he strongly suspects that the Trump administration deported a 2-year old U.S. citizen to Honduras "with no meaningful process."

The child was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on January 4, 2023, according to court documents. The child was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday morning with her mother and her 11-year-old sister, while the mother was “attending a routine check-in” with the federal agency, according to the petition.

“In the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion that the government just deported a US citizen with no meaningful process,” U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty ordered a hearing on May 16 in Monroe, Louisiana.

The judge added, “It is illegal and unconstitutional to deport, detain for deportation, or recommend deportation of a U.S. citizen,” citing a 2012 deportation case.

Doughty, chief judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/26/judge-ice-deported-two-year-old/83293111007/

Absolutely appalling.