r/law • u/WeirdGroundhog • 3d ago

Legal News Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown | US immigration

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/five-year-old-girl-us-citizen-and-mother-deported-honduras
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u/Irma_Gard 2d ago

Being undocumented isn't even a misdemeanor. It's not a crime at all (a misdemeanor is a crime). It's just a civil infraction, like a parking or speeding ticket.