And there is it ladies and gentlemen! Read this tweet from my friend @JessicaV_CIS . This is exactly the way it happens daily ! https://t.co/DGildgAZpr
— Scott Mechkowski (@ScottMechkowski) September 30, 2026
13-yr-old Honduran boy in immigration court. Asked why he couldn’t go back to Honduras, he told judge, “My mom & almost my entire family are here." So why didn't mom come to imm court w/him? Bc then they don't get the headline "Kids Alone in Imm Court!"
13-yr-old Honduran boy in immigration court. Asked why he couldn’t go back to Honduras, he told judge, “My mom & almost my entire family are here." So why didn't mom come to imm court w/him? Bc then they don't get the headline "Kids Alone in Imm Court!" https://t.co/Gn6beF3uuG
— Jessica Vaughan (@JessicaV_CIS) September 30, 2026
Here is Priscilla Alvarez with Erin Burnett.
CNN is granted access inside an immigration court hearing where dozens of children facing deportation, some as young as three years old, appealed to stay in the United States. Many of them facing the judge without an attorney representing them. pic.twitter.com/3SZselDAbq
— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN) September 29, 2026
from Priscilla Alvarez @ CNN,
Most of the children, dressed formally with neatly styled hair, waited impatiently for the judge. Among the first to appear before the judge was a 13-year-old Honduran boy named Angel. He didn’t have an attorneY.
Asked whether there was a reason he couldn’t return to Honduras, Angel told the judge, “My mom and almost my entire family are here. It’s too dangerous to go back.”
But that wasn’t enough for the judge, who told the boy he did not qualify for asylum. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” The judge asked.
“I don’t know,” Angel replied before bursting into tears. He stared ahead stoically and continued to cry, eventually saying: “I have no one. I have nothing.”
“I understand, but based on your answers, US immigration laws are very strict,” the judge concluded, and gave Angel until the end of the month to appeal his deportation order.
