Overview
- ICE agents arrested the Honduran mother and her two children outside a Los Angeles immigration court on May 29 after their asylum case was abruptly dismissed.
- Since May 30, the family has been confined at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, where attorneys report that the six-year-old’s leukemia symptoms—easy bruising, bone pain and appetite loss—have worsened.
- The family entered the U.S. legally on Oct. 26, 2024, through the CBP One app and was paroled pending asylum proceedings.
- Their habeas corpus petition argues that the arrests and expedited removal process violate their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.
- Legal experts say the lawsuit is the first to challenge the administration’s policy of arresting asylum seekers at court hearings on behalf of children.