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ICE: Detentions & Deportations of American-Born Babies & Children

Image from the Texas Civil Rights Project: A 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer was removed with her undocumented parents. The photograph is blurred for safety purposes.

This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.

News: 2025

March 12.   Nicole Acevedo: The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.

April 25.   Michael D. Shear: 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects.

April 25.   The ACLU: ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation: Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well.

April 26.   Nick Miroff: Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana.

May 13.   Nancy Guan: Mother of 1-year-old girl among dozens of Cubans deported from Florida last month.

May 16.   Suzanne Gamboa & Carmen Sesin: Why U.S. citizen children sent with their deported moms can’t come back easily.