 "Trump administration deported mother to Venezuela, father sent to Salvador prison; toddler is somewhere in US")
A Venezuelan family is urging US authorities to reunite a two-year-old girl with her mother after the woman was deported to Venezuela without her daughter on Friday, The New York Times reported.
The child’s father was deported to El Salvador in March, as part of US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants.
The toddler, Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal, is currently in foster care in the US, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Officials said she was separated from her parents and not placed on the deportation flight for her “safety and welfare.”
The Trump administration has claimed that the parents are linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, though it has not provided evidence to support the claim.
After taking office, President Donald Trump initiated a crackdown on immigration, which included the deportation of undocumented migrants—many of whom were detained and handcuffed. In the Oval Office, he revived his earlier anti-immigration stance, a key part of his presidential campaign.
The toddler is among several children caught up in President Trump’s recent immigration crackdown. This month, at least three US-born children were deported to Honduras with their mothers—a move now being challenged by their families on legal grounds.
In Antonella’s case, her mother, 20-year-old Yorely Bernal, entered the U.S. in May 2024 with her partner, Maiker Espinoza, and their daughter, during President Biden’s term.
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