2/ Since March, the Department of Homeland Security has tried to quickly deport at least 15 such children, according to their lawyers, and removed at least six, including a 10-year-old. https://bit.ly/3g41vJC ">https://bit.ly/3g41vJC&q...
3/ Included in the deportations: A 16-year-old girl who fled Honduras with her mother after her testimony landed her father in prison for rape.

She now faces retaliation from her uncle, a convicted killer. https://bit.ly/3g41vJC ">https://bit.ly/3g41vJC&q...
5/ Another teen was deported without his attorneys being notified and despite an immigration judge agreeing to reopen his case.

At least seven more children are fighting deportation with last-minute federal court filings. https://bit.ly/3g41vJC ">https://bit.ly/3g41vJC&q...
6/ These deported children come on top of an additional 900 unaccompanied minors who under an emergency declaration were turned back at the U.S. border in March and April, according to federal statistics.

The U.S. has largely shuttered the border during the pandemic.
7/ A spokesperson for ICE said if children already had been ordered removed under their family’s case in the Migrant Protection Protocols program, they are subject to deportation when they cross the border again — even if they do so alone and under different circumstances.
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