The household of the 2-year-old U.S. citizen who was deported together with her mom to Honduras final month, voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit towards the Trump administration, one of many attorneys who represents the household advised ABC Information.
“Given the traumatizing experiences the households have been by way of, they’re taking a step again to have full discussions about all their choices, the security and well-being of their youngsters, and the most effective methods to proceed so the harms they’ve suffered may be absolutely addressed,” legal professional Gracie Willis mentioned.
On this Feb. 24, 2025, file photograph, a Federal agent is photographed as ICE conduct raids on an area tire store enterprise in Colony Ridge, Texas.
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“They’re voluntarily dismissing this case to offer themselves house and time to contemplate all of the choices which can be obtainable to them,” she added.
Final month, a federal decide mentioned he had a powerful suspicion that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no significant course of.”
Demonstrators maintain up indicators condemning ICE and DOGE at a rally in Foley Sq. in New York, Might 10, 2025.
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The U.S. citizen, recognized within the filings as “V.M.L,” was initially detained together with her mom and sister, who each lacked authorized standing to be in the USA, at a routine immigration check-in in New Orleans final month. After the daddy of the 2-year-old discovered that his household was detained, his lawyer referred to as immigration officers to tell them that V.M.L. is a U.S. citizen and couldn’t be deported, in response to courtroom paperwork.
Earlier than the courtroom responded to the habeas petition and a movement for a brief restraining order, the 2-year-old, alongside together with her mom and sister, had been deported to Honduras, in response to courtroom filings.
In response to the movement, legal professionals with the Division of Justice mentioned it was in the most effective curiosity of the minor that she stay in authorized custody of her mom and that she was not at “danger of irreparable hurt as a result of she is a U.S. citizen.”
U.S. District Choose Terry Doughty had scheduled a listening to within the case for Might 16.
“The ACLU dropped its lawsuit on the false claims that DHS deported a U.S. citizen,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
On this Sept. 5, 2019, file photograph, an ICE agent badge is proven in Revere, Mass.
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“The reality is, and has at all times been, that the mom — who was within the nation illegally — selected to deliver her 2-year-old together with her to Honduras when she was eliminated. The narrative that DHS is deporting American youngsters is fake and irresponsible,” she added.
