Attorneys dispute Trump officials' claim that deported moms willingly took their U.S. citizen children

In new details, attorneys say ICE explicitly told one mother to bring her children with her to a check-in and knew in advance that another mother’s child had Stage 4 cancer.

One mother who was about to be deported was allowed less than two minutes on the phone with her husband to figure out what would become of her 2-year-old U.S. citizen son.

Another mother wasn’t allowed to speak with attorneys or family members before she was deported, accompanied by her U.S.-born children, even though Immigration and Customs Enforcement knew one of them had Stage 4 cancer.

Attorneys for the mothers and their children who were sent to Honduras are blasting Trump administration officials, saying the deportations of three U.S. citizen children over the weekend, including the 4-year-old boy who left without access to his cancer medicines, are illegal. They’re pushing back against statements that the families chose for the children to go with their mothers.

On Monday, Trump administration border “czar” Tom Homan said the three U.S. citizen children, all under 10 years old, were placed on deportation flights at their mothers’ request. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the children weren’t deported but “went with their mothers,” adding that as citizens they could come back if there's someone in the United States who "wants to assume them."

But attorneys have provided details that they say show that the mothers, their families and their attorneys had little to no chance to make arrangements for their children.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/deported-moms-citizen-children-cancer-trump-officials-rcna203398

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