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(NewsNation) — The Trump medication has deported 3 children nether the property of 10 — each American-born citizens — alongside their mothers who were successful the United States illegally, according to lawyers and advocacy groups.
The American Civil Liberties Union, National Immigration Project and different groups described the cases arsenic a “shocking — though increasingly common — maltreatment of power.” However, the White House has defended the determination and fought backmost against claims of denying the mothers and children their owed process.
One of the Honduran-born mothers was removed with 2 children, a 4- and 7-year-old, portion different lawsuit progressive a parent and her 2-year-old.
The American children were detained portion accompanying their mothers to appointments with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to Associated Press reporting.
Family attorneys person raised questions astir whether proper deportation procedures were followed successful these cases, peculiarly due to the fact that of the velocity of the removals.
The 4- and 7-year-old siblings were deported to Honduras wrong a time of being detained with their mother, Gracie Willis of the National Immigration Project said.
The younger of the brace has a uncommon signifier of crab and whitethorn present beryllium incapable to entree medicine oregon talk with their doctors, according to Willis.
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., slammed the determination connected societal media: “This is unlawful, inhumane, and a nonstop onslaught connected the basal owed process rights guaranteed to each people, citizens and non-citizens alike, nether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments."
"The Trump medication is disappearing families successful the dormant of night, and if we don’t halt them, it volition lone get worse," Nadler's station continued.
Willis said the mothers did not person a just accidental to determine whether they wanted the children to enactment successful the United States.
“We person nary thought what ICE was telling them, and successful this case, what has travel to airy is that ICE didn’t springiness them different alternative,” Willis said successful an interview, the AP reported.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the mothers wanted their children to beryllium removed with them, telling NBC's "Meet the Press" connected Sunday, "The children went with their mothers. Those children are U.S. citizens, they tin travel backmost into the United States if their begetter oregon idiosyncratic present wants to yet presume them."
Ron Vitiello, elder advisor for Customs and Border Protection, echoed that sentiment connected NewsNation's "Morning successful America" connected Monday.
"These kids were not deported, and they happened to beryllium U.S. citizens surviving successful the United States. That genitor elected to instrumentality those children with her connected her deportation formation to Honduras … They were not deported,” Vitiello said.
A justice scheduled a proceeding adjacent period connected the lawsuit of the 2-year-old to analyse ICE's handling of the deportation.
The Department of Homeland Security contends the parent wanted to bring her young kid with her, but the girl’s begetter says otherwise.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
