ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A pair of 12-year-old twin girls born in Orlando were wrongfully deported earlier this month, according to a court order obtained by News 6.<\/p>\n
The order states that the twins\u2019 mother \u2014 Marly Zepeda \u2014 was ordered to appear at an ICE facility on Monday with her \u201cchildren and documents\u201d due to ongoing removal proceedings against her. During the appointment, the girls were left with their grandmother in the parking lot.<\/p>\n
However, the grandmother was directed by an ICE office to bring the children to the facility\u2019s entrance, where the two girls were taken into custody, believed to be part of the \u201cfamily unity\u201d policy, the order adds.<\/p>\n
[BELOW: President Trump signs executive orders, including illegal immigration crackdown]<\/p>\n
But despite the court issuing an order temporarily restraining federal officials from deporting the family, court records reveal that the girls had already been sent to Guatemala with their mother from Orlando on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was confusion regarding Zepeda\u2019s election, representing that ICE understood that she wanted to take her children with her,\u201d the order reads.<\/p>\n
However, it turned out that Zepeda had filed a form last month indicating she wanted to leave her children with their grandmother, a district judge clarified. As a result, ICE officials have prepared to facilitate the children\u2019s return to the U.S.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a district judge ordered federal officials to work with the mother to bring the two girls back from Guatemala City into their grandmother\u2019s custody.<\/p>\n
[BELOW: Florida\u2019s \u2018Operation One Way Ticket\u2019 targets illegal immigration, traffic enforcement]<\/p>\n
You can read the full order below.<\/p>\n
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