US Citizen Children Deported Amid Due Process Concerns

Controversy has intensified over recent deportations in which mothers and their U.S. citizen children, including a child with stage 4 cancer, were removed from the U.S. under the Trump administration. Attorneys and advocacy groups allege the families were denied due process, legal counsel, and adequate time to arrange care for the children, while some children reportedly lacked necessary medical care. Administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and border czar Tom Homan, assert the children were not deported but left with their mothers by choice and can return if sponsors are available. However, court documents and multiple reports indicate families were pressured into taking their children, raising serious concerns about consent and judicial review. A Louisiana judge has questioned the legality of the deportation of a 2-year-old U.S. citizen, and calls for accountability and investigation are mounting. These incidents underscore ongoing disputes over immigration enforcement, due process, and the treatment of U.S. citizen children.