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douglas9

(5,714 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 07:57 AM 17 hrs ago

2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicols & His Mother Were 'Abandoned Across the Border' Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronc

A recently hospitalized 2-month-old baby has been deported with his mother, father, and 16-month-old sister, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday.

Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital on Monday night after spending nearly a month in federal custody at Dilley Family Detention Center, Univision’s Lidia Terrazas first reported. In a Sunday evening social media post, Terrazas reported — via Juan’s mother — that he had “another health episode” about 3 a.m., during which he was “choking on his own vomit.”

Throughout the day Tuesday, Terrazas and Castro updated the public on Juan and his family’s plight. The infant was briefly hospitalized with bronchitis, during which he became unresponsive overnight, before he was sent back to Dilley, said Castro.

Castro confirmed he was deported just hours later.

https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2-month-old-baby-juan-nicolas-unresponsive-hospital-sent-back-to-ice-facility/







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2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicols & His Mother Were 'Abandoned Across the Border' Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronc (Original Post) douglas9 17 hrs ago OP
I hate this timeline JustAnotherGen 16 hrs ago #1
Cruelty is the point malaise 16 hrs ago #2
There is no... GiqueCee 14 hrs ago #3
President Claudia Sheinbaum Jilly_in_VA 14 hrs ago #4
It's as if Nazis lack morality JoseBalow 14 hrs ago #5
As if malaise 12 hrs ago #6
The cruelty of it all.... democrank 6 hrs ago #7
More info James48 4 hrs ago #8

JustAnotherGen

(37,843 posts)
1. I hate this timeline
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:50 AM
16 hrs ago

What they did was a crime against humanity.

And we better start behaving like it - and move forward as a force for good.

GiqueCee

(3,703 posts)
3. There is no...
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:36 AM
14 hrs ago

... bottom to the ICE cesspool of malice and depravity. And they're too arrogant to realize that they're building concentration camps that will ultimately imprison them.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,165 posts)
4. President Claudia Sheinbaum
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 11:05 AM
14 hrs ago

should scoop them up, put Juan Nicolas in the best hospital in Mexico, and make him and his mother a celebrity case. I know that's what I'd do if I were her.

James48

(5,144 posts)
8. More info
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:37 PM
4 hrs ago

Another article: KSAT


2-month-old with bronchitis, family held at Dilley ICE facility deported to Mexico, Rep. Castro says

DILLEY, Texas – A 2-month-old and his family, who were held at an immigration detention center in Dilley, have been deported to Mexico, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday night.
The infant, who Castro identified as Juan Nicolás, was deported along with his mother, father and 16-month-old sister.
According to Castro, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “deported the family with only the money that they had in their commissary — a total of $190."
The congressman also said he is focused on finding the family and “ensuring their safety.”
“To unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous,” Castro said, in part, in a Tuesday night social media post.

More:
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/02/17/2-month-old-held-at-dilley-detention-center-taken-to-hospital-amid-health-concerns/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQDSHJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeILge7u_RGc8Xwxam2SB5c21QWsp92RiuX8NqcHLGkg-pNbik3JNok8I-emI_aem_DnQU-Z9PxZMfAvGIcchvBA

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