2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicols & His Mother Were 'Abandoned Across the Border' Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronc [View all]

A recently hospitalized 2-month-old baby has been deported with his mother, father, and 16-month-old sister, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday.

Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital on Monday night after spending nearly a month in federal custody at Dilley Family Detention Center, Univision’s Lidia Terrazas first reported. In a Sunday evening social media post, Terrazas reported — via Juan’s mother — that he had “another health episode” about 3 a.m., during which he was “choking on his own vomit.”

Throughout the day Tuesday, Terrazas and Castro updated the public on Juan and his family’s plight. The infant was briefly hospitalized with bronchitis, during which he became unresponsive overnight, before he was sent back to Dilley, said Castro.

Castro confirmed he was deported just hours later.

https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2-month-old-baby-juan-nicolas-unresponsive-hospital-sent-back-to-ice-facility/

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