'No US citizen child was deported': Trump officials insist kids being removed legally

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In its opposition to the TRO request, ICE said the girl's mother wanted to take V.M.L. with her back to Honduras, and provided as proof a note written by hand in Spanish.
50% : As Law&Crime previously reported, a federal judge in Louisiana known for his rulings that tend to align with causes championed by Trump issued a memorandum order Friday setting a hearing to address the apparent deportation of a 2-year-old identified only as V.M.L. According to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus -- a request that court determine whether a person's detention is unlawful -- V.M.L. was born in 2023 in Baton Rouge, as indicated on her birth certificate.
44% : Gracie Willis, a lawyer with the National Immigration Project who is reportedly involved in the case involving the 2-year-old, has condemned the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and local law officials as being both "horrifying and baffling" as the children are all considered "U.S. citizen" children.
44% : " A representative "next friend" of the 2-year-old, who says she has known her since birth, has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the child's removal, accusing ICE of engaging in "attempts to disappear" V.M.L. and lying to the child's family and representatives in the process.
39% : In Friday's order, U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty -- appointed by Trump in 2018 -- said that V.M.L. is "ostensibly" a 2-year-old United States citizen.

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