Rubio presses citizens aged 2, 4 and 7 to leave the country: “Go with your mother
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the three young children, ages 2, 4 and 7, were all U.S. citizens and were evacuated in recent weeks but were not “deported” but “going to Honduras with their mothers.”
Children from two different families flew to Central American countries with their mothers on April 25, according to multiple stores.
The 4-year-old has stage 4 cancer and cannot contact or contact with a doctor, the Washington Post and the Associated Press reported. The 4-year-old girl and the 7-year-old girl are brothers and sisters.
More: The judge said the 2-year-old American citizen was clearly deported.
NBC News's Kristen Welker mentioned the Post's account in an April 27 interview with Rubio. The Secretary of State delayed it, calling the title “misleading.”
“Three, seven and two-year-old American citizens were not deported,” Rubio said. “Their mothers were illegal in this country and were deported. The children went with their mothers.”
He added: “If these kids are U.S. citizens, if their father or the people here want to take them over, they can go back to the United States.”
The 2-year-old father's lawyer was a girl identified by the abbreviation VML when the family was detained in Louisiana to inform them that the child was a citizen, according to court documents. The girl's mother participated in a routine appointment at the New Orleans office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to court documents.
The father, who lives in the United States, asked the VML to be placed in the country with a custodian who is “ready and willing” to take care of her. According to the court application, he was told that he would also be detained if he was to pick up his daughter.
VML, her mother and sister, 11 years old, was deported early Friday morning. The lawyer representing the family has filed a petition seeking the release of the 2-year-old girl.
U.S. District Court Judge Terry A.
“It is illegal and unconstitutional to be deported, deported or recommended to deport U.S. citizens,” Doughty said.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2025. Reuters/Carlos Barria
When asked whether citizens and non-citizens have the right to due process, Rubio replied on Sunday: “Yes, of course.”
“But let me tell you that when it comes to immigration, the law is very specific.” He continued to defend the demolition. “If you are illegal in this country, you have no right to come here and have to be deleted. That's what the law says. We've completely lost that idea over the past 20 years.”
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This article originally appeared in USA Today: Rubio, imposing the removal of citizens aged 2, 4 and 7 from the state
