Two-year-old US citizen may have been deported without 'meaningful process'

A federal judge said there was "strong suspicion" the Louisiana-born girl had been sent to Honduras with her mother and sister.

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In a court filing, Judge Terry Doughty said that there was "strong suspicion" that the child - identified only as VML - was deported "with no meaningful process".

The Louisiana-born child and her family members were apprehended during a routine appointment at a New Orleans immigration office on 22 April, according to the document.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security said the mother wanted to take her children with her when she was sent to Honduras.

The judge had sought to arrange a phone call with the girl's mother, but was told by a government lawyer that it "would not be possible because she (and presumably VML) had just been released in Honduras", court documents say.

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