5-year-old boy had his cancer treatments interrupted with his deportation as his family files suit against ICE

The children are U.S. citizens and were born in Louisiana and the young boy was diagnosed with his condition at the age of two. “Romeo needs regular specialized care and follow-up treatment to this day,” the lawsuit states.


The case is being brought by the National Immigration Project on behalf of the family as well as another mother, who also has two children who are U.S. citizens – which claims the families were deported “without even a semblance of due process.”


Documents seen by The Independent allege that ICE violated its own policy and multiple federal laws when officers secretly detained the families in hotel rooms, denied them the opportunity to speak to family and make decisions about or arrangements for their minor children.