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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Ice deported boy with cancer and two other US citizen children to Honduras, suit alleges

a person holds a sign that reads 'gleeful cruelty is obscene'
People protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York on 8 August. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

A lawsuit filed in Louisiana on behalf of two mothers and their four minor children, including one with cancer, claims the two families were unlawfully denied due process and deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to Honduras in April 2025.

The lawsuit, which names the attorney general, Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, and various Ice officials as defendants, alleges Ice violated its own policies, and multiple federal laws, when officers secretly detained the families, denied access to counsel and swiftly deported them to Honduras, ignoring legal filings.

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