A U.S. District Judge in Louisiana criticized the Trump administration's expedited deportation of a 2-year-old American citizen, VML, highlighting concerns about the absence of due process. The judge, Terry Doughty, stated that VML and her family were removed to Honduras without a meaningful legal review, despite ongoing court inquiries about their immigration status. He scheduled a hearing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deportation. A lawsuit alleges that the family was detained during a routine ICE check-in, raising questions about the criteria used to justify their swift deportation despite VML's citizenship.
On Friday afternoon, Doughty had called counsel for the federal government to try to speak with VML's mother and better understand the child's situation, but VML and her family were already "above the Gulf of America."
The Government contends that this is all okay because the mother wishes that the child be deported with her, but the Court doesn't know that.
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