Judge says US citizen, 2, may have been deported without 'meaningful process'

A federal judge has said that a two-year-old US citizen may have been deported to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process, amid the Trump administration's drive to ramp up deportations.

In a court filing, Judge Terry Doughty said that there was "strong suspicion" that the child - identified only as VML - was deported "with no meaningful process".

The Louisiana-born child and her family members were apprehended during a routine appointment at a New Orleans immigration office on 22 April, according to the document.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security said the mother wanted to take her children with her when she was sent to Honduras.