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As hundreds of children separated from their parents by the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy wait to be reunited, young children and babies are facing deportation proceedings alone. A gut-wrenching story from the Associated Press details the scene in one of those hearings, where a one-year-old boy appeared before an immigration judge in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday.
Johan was brought to the United States from Honduras by his father, who, according to the boy’s attorney, was removed from the United States under a false promise that he’d be able to leave with his son. The child’s mother is also in Honduras. Johan is currently in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Johan “drank milk from a bottle” and “played with a small purple ball that lit up when it…
