Less than an hour later, he was called back and informed that a chat was not possible since the woman “had just been released in Honduras.”
In a court filing on Thursday, the father’s attorneys said that ICE had stated that it was detaining the 2-year-old girl in an attempt to persuade the father to surrender.
His attorneys stated he had lawfully given custody of his girls to his sister-in-law, a U.S. citizen who also resides in Baton Rouge, but they would not disclose his immigration status.
A Cuban woman gets deported, leaving her husband and child behind.
Meanwhile, in Florida, a Cuban-born woman, the wife of a U.S. citizen and mother of a 1-year-old girl.
Was arrested Saturday at a planned check-in at a Tampa-based Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, according to her attorney.