The Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring their children with them, in apparent violation of its own policies, a major report has found. Immigration officials “didn’t ask me anything”, one 22-year-old mother told researchers in Honduras, where she was sent without her two-year-old child. Once parents are deported away from their children, it can be incredibly difficult, expensive and logistically complicated to reunite with their children. If deportees’ children are US citizens, the process of acquiring proper paperwork for the children to live in Honduras can also be complicated, because it requires the consent of both parents. The report makes recommendations including that the Honduran government invest more in helping deportees reintegrate, and prioritize assisting deported parents.

Source: The Guardian March 20, 2026 04:00 UTC