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The Herald Scotland
11 hours ago
- Health
- The Herald Scotland
Boy with leukemia released from ICE detention
Lawyers for the family sued for their release, arguing their detention violated their constitutional rights of due process and unreasonable seizure. The lawyers feared that, since leukemia in children requires consistent treatment, the boy's care would be disrupted if they were deported to Honduras or detained for too long. Migrants who followed Biden's rules no longer welcome, Trump says The family's situation is similar to many immigrants who arrived during the Biden administration, following the rules at the time and not violating any laws. Recently, though, the Trump administration has decided that most of them should not be in the United States, and has been detaining a growing number of migrants as they show up to mandatory court hearings. "Can ICE snatch law-abiding people out of their communities at courthouses when those individuals are doing exactly what the government required of them?" said Elora Mukherjee, a lawyer for the family and director of the Columbia Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic. Neither Immigration and Customs Enforcement nor the Department of Homeland Security immediately responded to an emailed request for comment. The family entered the United States in October through the CBP One App, which allowed migrants to apply for asylum screening interviews at the border, according to court filings. President Donald Trump's administration repurposed the app for migrants to leave the country. A DHS spokesperson said in a June 28 statement that most migrants who entered the country within the last two years, while Joe Biden was president, are subject to expedited removal. Cancer diagnosis and danger back home The family drew national media attention, especially given the child's cancer, which lawyers say still requires treatment. Their names haven't been released due to threats they face in Honduras. The boy, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 3, had most recently been undergoing two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy. He has about half a year of treatment left. The family was released along the U.S.-Mexico border, hours from where they were held near San Antonio, at the South Texas Family Residential Center, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Civil Rights Project, a legal advocacy organization representing the family in court. As of July 3, they were staying in a shelter awaiting a way to return to Los Angeles, where they were living with a relative before their arrest. The family is also seeking to get the boy medical care to continue his chemotherapy, Mukherjee said.
The Herald Scotland
11 hours ago
- Health
- The Herald Scotland
Boy with leukemia held in immigration detention
Leukemia in children requires consistent treatment over a period of years to provide a good shot at long-term survival. That care would be disrupted, the family's lawyer says, if the family is sent back to Honduras. "This is a family that did everything right," Elora Mukherjee, a lawyer for the family and director of Columbia Law School's Immigrants' Rights Clinic, said. The family, who isn't identified in court records due to threats they face in Honduras, hasn't been accused of crimes anywhere, she said. "To subject this family -- with a 6-year-old who has a leukemia diagnosis -- to arrest and detention is illegal, unconstitutional and unconscionable." Arrested after case dismissed A DHS spokesperson said in a June 28 statement that most migrants who entered the country within the last two years, while Joe Biden was president, are subject to expedited removal. The Honduran family entered the United States in October through the CBP One App, which allowed migrants to apply for asylum screening interviews at the border, according to court filings. President Donald Trump's administration repurposed the app for migrants to leave the country. The family lived with the children's grandmother in the Los Angeles area, where they attended school and church, filings said. The boy, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 3, had, most recently, been undergoing two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy. He has about half a year of treatment left. Biden-era policies limited civil immigration enforcement in courthouses, among other sensitive locations. Soon after Trump took office, senior administration officials rescinded the policy, allowing agents to detain people, including family members, for civil immigration violations at courthouses. A May 27 Immigration and Customs Enforcement memorandum removed language about agents needing to abide by local or state laws, lawyers for the family said. Different approach: ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings Two days after the May 27 memo, the Honduran family attended a regular removal hearing at the Van Nuys Boulevard Immigration Court in Los Angeles. They were told to bring the entire family on May 29, said family lawyer Kate Gibson Kumar, of the legal advocacy organization Texas Civil Rights Project. At the hearing, government lawyers moved to dismiss removal proceedings against the family, which would have allowed them to stay in the United States until their case is resolved. Family lawyers said the mother pleaded not to have the case dismissed, but the immigration judge approved the motion. Immediately afterward, agents arrested them in the hallway outside. Dismissing then detaining Mukherjee, a Columbia Law professor, said DHS lawyers and immigration judges, who are part of the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, have coordinated their efforts to remove migrants from the country. Since May, she said judges have quickly dismissed migrants' cases enabling ICE to detain them as they leave the courtroom or building. The advocacy group American Immigration Lawyers Association told the USA TODAY Network that its members have noticed some judges receive information beforehand from DHS lawyers about which deportation cases they plan to ask judges to dismiss. Immigration judges face repercussions for not cooperating, the association said. The family was held for hours in the courthouse and at an ICE processing center, Mukherjee said. While at the processing center for around 11 hours, the boy got scared when he saw an agent's gun. The boy apparently peed on himself, and then was required to sit in his wet clothing for hours. Officials later flew the family to Texas, where the three have been held for more than a month at the South Texas Family Residential Center. The privately run detention facility recently reopened after being closed during the Biden administration. Since arriving in Texas, the mother said her son has lost his appetite and looks pale. He bruises easily and suffers occasional bone pain. These are recognized symptoms of leukemia, lawyers said. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of public affairs at DHS, said the family chose to appeal their case, and will remain in ICE custody until the case is resolved. But through that time, the boy has received appropriate care. "The implication that ICE would deny a child the medical care they need is flatly FALSE, and it is an insult to the men and women of federal law enforcement," she said in a statement. In a letter submitted to the court, Dr. Pran Saha, a Columbia University professor of pediatrics, said the boy's medical records show he needs ongoing treatment with radiation and chemotherapy. Eduardo Cuevas is based in New York City. Reach him by email at emcuevas1@ or on Signal at emcuevas.01.
USA Today
15 hours ago
- Health
- USA Today
Honduran family, 6-year-old with leukemia released from ICE detention
The family is among a growing number of people detained despite entering the country legally during the Biden administration. A 6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia who had been held in immigration detention with his family since May was released July 2. The boy, his mother and 9-year-old sister entered the country legally last fall seeking asylum. Federal agents arrested them as they left an immigration hearing in Los Angeles on May 29. They were held in a privately run family detention center in South Texas. Their release was made public July 3, but their future remains unclear. Lawyers for the family sued for their release, arguing their detention violated their constitutional rights of due process and unreasonable seizure. The lawyers feared that, since leukemia in children requires consistent treatment, the boy's care would be disrupted if they were deported to Honduras or detained for too long. Migrants who followed Biden's rules no longer welcome, Trump says The family's situation is similar to many immigrants who arrived during the Biden administration, following the rules at the time and not violating any laws. Recently, though, the Trump administration has decided that most of them should not be in the United States, and has been detaining a growing number of migrants as they show up to mandatory court hearings. 'Can ICE snatch law-abiding people out of their communities at courthouses when those individuals are doing exactly what the government required of them?' said Elora Mukherjee, a lawyer for the family and director of the Columbia Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic. Neither Immigration and Customs Enforcement nor the Department of Homeland Security immediately responded to an emailed request for comment. The family entered the United States in October through the CBP One App, which allowed migrants to apply for asylum screening interviews at the border, according to court filings. President Donald Trump's administration repurposed the app for migrants to leave the country. A DHS spokesperson said in a June 28 statement that most migrants who entered the country within the last two years, while Joe Biden was president, are subject to expedited removal. Cancer diagnosis and danger back home The family drew national media attention, especially given the child's cancer, which lawyers say still requires treatment. Their names haven't been released due to threats they face in Honduras. The boy, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 3, had most recently been undergoing two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy. He has about half a year of treatment left. The family was released along the U.S.-Mexico border, hours from where they were held near San Antonio, at the South Texas Family Residential Center, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Civil Rights Project, a legal advocacy organization representing the family in court. As of July 3, they were staying in a shelter awaiting a way to return to Los Angeles, where they were living with a relative before their arrest. The family is also seeking to get the boy medical care to continue his chemotherapy, Mukherjee said.
USA Today
a day ago
- Health
- USA Today
Boy with leukemia held in detention, threatened with deportation
The boy's family, like other recent migrants in the US legally, was arrested after showing up for a mandatory hearing in immigration court. A 6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia has been in immigration detention with his mother and 9-year-old sister since May when federal agents arrested them as they left an immigration hearing. The Honduran family entered the country legally last fall seeking asylum. Lawyers fear their deportation is imminent and are suing for their release, worried about the boy's health. Leukemia in children requires consistent treatment over a period of years to provide a good shot at long-term survival. That care would be disrupted, the family's lawyer says, if the family is sent back to Honduras. 'This is a family that did everything right,' Elora Mukherjee, a lawyer for the family and director of Columbia Law School's Immigrants' Rights Clinic, said. The family, who isn't identified in court records due to threats they face in Honduras, hasn't been accused of crimes anywhere, she said. 'To subject this family — with a 6-year-old who has a leukemia diagnosis — to arrest and detention is illegal, unconstitutional and unconscionable.' Arrested after case dismissed A DHS spokesperson said in a June 28 statement that most migrants who entered the country within the last two years, while Joe Biden was president, are subject to expedited removal. The Honduran family entered the United States in October through the CBP One App, which allowed migrants to apply for asylum screening interviews at the border, according to court filings. President Donald Trump's administration repurposed the app for migrants to leave the country. The family lived with the children's grandmother in the Los Angeles area, where they attended school and church, filings said. The boy, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 3, had, most recently, been undergoing two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy. He has about half a year of treatment left. Biden-era policies limited civil immigration enforcement in courthouses, among other sensitive locations. Soon after Trump took office, senior administration officials rescinded the policy, allowing agents to detain people, including family members, for civil immigration violations at courthouses. A May 27 Immigration and Customs Enforcement memorandum removed language about agents needing to abide by local or state laws, lawyers for the family said. Different approach: ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings Two days after the May 27 memo, the Honduran family attended a regular removal hearing at the Van Nuys Boulevard Immigration Court in Los Angeles. They were told to bring the entire family on May 29, said family lawyer Kate Gibson Kumar, of the legal advocacy organization Texas Civil Rights Project. At the hearing, government lawyers moved to dismiss removal proceedings against the family, which would have allowed them to stay in the United States until their case is resolved. Family lawyers said the mother pleaded not to have the case dismissed, but the immigration judge approved the motion. Immediately afterward, agents arrested them in the hallway outside. Dismissing then detaining Mukherjee, a Columbia Law professor, said DHS lawyers and immigration judges, who are part of the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, have coordinated their efforts to remove migrants from the country. Since May, she said judges have quickly dismissed migrants' cases enabling ICE to detain them as they leave the courtroom or building. The advocacy group American Immigration Lawyers Association told the USA TODAY Network that its members have noticed some judges receive information beforehand from DHS lawyers about which deportation cases they plan to ask judges to dismiss. Immigration judges face repercussions for not cooperating, the association said. The family was held for hours in the courthouse and at an ICE processing center, Mukherjee said. While at the processing center for around 11 hours, the boy got scared when he saw an agent's gun. The boy apparently peed on himself, and then was required to sit in his wet clothing for hours. Officials later flew the family to Texas, where the three have been held for more than a month at the South Texas Family Residential Center. The privately run detention facility recently reopened after being closed during the Biden administration. Since arriving in Texas, the mother said her son has lost his appetite and looks pale. He bruises easily and suffers occasional bone pain. These are recognized symptoms of leukemia, lawyers said. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of public affairs at DHS, said the family chose to appeal their case, and will remain in ICE custody until the case is resolved. But through that time, the boy has received appropriate care. 'The implication that ICE would deny a child the medical care they need is flatly FALSE, and it is an insult to the men and women of federal law enforcement,' she said in a statement. In a letter submitted to the court, Dr. Pran Saha, a Columbia University professor of pediatrics, said the boy's medical records show he needs ongoing treatment with radiation and chemotherapy. Eduardo Cuevas is based in New York City. Reach him by email at emcuevas1@ or on Signal at emcuevas.01.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Trump Plans New Immigration Office Linked to Racist Far-Right Plan
President Trump is making remigration, a racist plan popular among the European far right, a reality, according to Reuters. The State Department on Thursday announced its plans to establish an 'Office of Remigration,' assuming it is approved by Congress, on July 1. The term 'remigration' is a white supremacist concept pushed by Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner that posits that all immigrants and 'non-assimilated citizens' be forcibly removed, with the goal of establishing a white ethnostate. 'The Office of Remigration will serve as the [Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration]'s hub for immigration issues and repatriation tracking,' the plan the State Department submitted to Congress reads. 'It will provide a policy platform for interagency coordination with DHS and other agencies on removals/repatriations, and for intra-agency policy work to advance the President's immigration agenda.' This isn't the first time Trump has floated remigration. 'As President I will immediately end the migrant invasion of America,' he wrote on X in September. 'We will stop all migrant flights, end all illegal entries, terminate the Kamala phone app for smuggling illegals (CBP One App), revoke deportation immunity, suspend refugee resettlement, and return Kamala's illegal migrants to their home countries (also known as remigration).' His deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, another proponent of right-wing white supremacist policy, backed him up. 'THE TRUMP PLAN TO END THE INVASION OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA: REMIGRATION!' he wrote at the time. While remigration isn't a household term in the U.S., it's taken off in certain European political circles. The first 'Remigration Summit' took place earlier this month in Milan featuring multiple far-right leaders and chants of 'Save our nation, remigration.' 'It's outrageous,' Wendy Via, CEO and president of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, told Wired. 'There is no hiding from the fact that the ultimate goal of 'remigration' is purely about ethnic cleansing. It is a terrible day for our country when 'remigration' proponents are crediting the US and Trump's administration for normalizing the term.' Those on the far right, particularly Sellner himself, think that the U.S. has been well on its way toward establishing remigration for some time now. 'There are differences between Europe and the USA, but the common line is the same: preserving the cultural continuity by stopping replacement migration. Reversing the flows with border security, mass repatriations, and incentives to leave,' Sellner told Wired. Trump's immigration crackdown, his extrajudicial disappearances of students based on their beliefs, and his invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act—which asserts that the country is being invaded by immigrants—are all obvious indicators of remigration already occurring here. 'Remigration is in fact already taking place in the US,' white nationalist author Cyan Quinn, who attended the Remigration Summit, told Wired. 'The first flight of 64 self-deportees following President Trump's stipend announcement have already arrived home safely in Honduras and Columbia.'
