Citizen children removed with parents (2025–2026)

There are multiple reports of U.S.-citizen children leaving the U.S. with deported parents. That is not the same as deporting an adult citizen directly, but it does involve citizens being taken out of the country.

• PBS/AP reported three U.S.-citizen children removed with their mothers in 2025.
• Federal judge ordered return of citizen twin girls sent to Guatemala in 2026.
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Brian José Morales García

Reported by The Texas Tribune as a 25-year-old man who says he was born in Denver and was deported to Mexico after a traffic stop in Texas. He says he had a U.S. birth certificate; DHS disputed his citizenship claim. So this is alleged / contested, not fully settled yet.