Deported Mother Who Took 2-Year-Old US Citizen Child With Her Drops Lawsuit Against Trump Admin

The Honduran illegal immigrant deportee opted to take her 2-year-old U.S. citizen child back home with her.

Honduran illegal immigrants who were deported from the United States deplane at Ramón Villeda Morales Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Dec. 4, 2024. Moises Castillo/AP Photo

A lawsuit filed against the Trump administration alleging it deported an illegal immigrant and her 2-year-old U.S. citizen child to Honduras in April without due process is being dropped, lawyers for the child’s family confirmed on May 13.

The toddler, identified in court filings only as V.M.L., and her 11-year-old Honduran-born sister were kept with their mother, Jenny Carolina Lopez-Villela, who was arrested during a check-in appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New Orleans.