US EditionChild with Stage 4 cancer deported by ICE despite being US citizen, lawsuit says
Two Louisiana families allege ICE violated policies by deporting U.S. citizen children, including a 4-year-old cancer patient, without due process or opportunity to arrange medical care.
- On April 25, 2025, ICE deported Rosario, a Honduran mother, and her two U.S.-citizen children, including 4-year-old Romeo who has stage 4 kidney cancer, from Louisiana to Honduras.
- The deportations followed routine ICE check-ins which Rosario and Julia believed were scheduled, but both families were detained and barred from arranging care for their U.S.-citizen children before removal.
- The families were forcibly transported to a hotel, kept incommunicado, and flown to Honduras within hours, where Rosario described life as incredibly hard and lacking resources to care for her children.
- A federal lawsuit filed July 31 charges ICE with violating its own policies and constitutional rights by deporting three U.S.-born children without due process, while attorneys note Romeo’s cancer treatment and health face serious disruption.
- The lawsuit seeks the families’ return, accountability from ICE officials, and a jury trial, highlighting the legal and health implications of deporting vulnerable U.S. citizen children like Romeo amid ongoing disputes over consent.
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The lawsuit requires ICE to be held accountable for the illegal deportation of U.S. citizens and their disregard for the rights and safety of children
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ICE sent 3 U.S. citizen children, including boy with cancer, to Honduras with their deported moms
Despite being American citizens, three children — a 4-year-old boy with Stage 4 kidney cancer, his 7-year-old sister and a 2-year-old girl — were swept up along with their families by immigration authorities in Louisiana and quickly sent to Honduras, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of the families. The suit alleges that despite the government’s own directives, the parents “were never given a choice as to whether their children should be d…
The Independent
The Independent (US)Boy, 5, had cancer treatments interrupted after being deported by ICE, lawsuit claims
The boy, referred to as the pseudonym Romeo, was deported along with his seven-year-old sister and their 25-year-old mother on April 25, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Louisiana
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