Mom of 10-year-old US citizen recovering from brain cancer surgery speaks out after being deported by Trump administration
Donald Trump’s administration deported the family (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
She explained that authorities took the family to a detention center, separated her and her daughters from her husband and sons and then CBP agents put the family into a van and drove them to Mexico before they were dropped off at a shelter.
Now, the family are in a house, but she noted that her children are frightened for their safety as the location they were left at has had reports of US citizens being kidnapped.
The mother told NBC News that now that they’ve been deported, the children can’t receive the proper health care they need, and for the 15-year-old, it could be life-threatening as they have an irregular heartbeat.
President Donald Trump has been cracking down on immigration since he took to office on January 20.
Kush Desai, spokesman for the White House, previously praised the administration’s quick movement on immigration, and said: “After four years of the Biden administration’s outright incompetence and negligence, the Trump administration has re-established a no-nonsense enforcement of and respect for the immigration laws of the United States.”
The little girl was recovering from brain surgery and now her mom has spoken out (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Desai also said: “Hundreds of violent, predatory, and gang-affiliated criminal illegal aliens have already been rounded up and deported by ICE since President Trump took office — and the Trump administration is aligned on securing our borders and ensuring that mass deportations are conducted quickly and effectively to put Americans and America First.”
But despite the pace, Trump isn’t exactly happy about the speed of deportations.
A source shared that Trump is ‘angry’ with the progress being made to deport people, NBC News reports.
This led to Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Caleb Vitello being transferred to a different role, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Politico.