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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

Mother arrested at LA court alongside six-year-old son with cancer sues Ice

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Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the Ice jail in Dilley, Texas in 2019. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP

A Honduran woman who sought asylum in the US is suing the Trump administration after immigration agents arrested her and her children, including her six-year-old son who was diagnosed with leukemia, at a Los Angeles immigration court.

The woman, identified as “Ms Z” in the lawsuit, and her nine-year-old daughter and six-year-old son have been in custody at a Texas detention facility for several weeks following their arrest. The government has placed them in expedited removal proceedings.

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