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Univision reporter Lidia Terrazas tracked down 2-month-old Juan Nicol\u00e1s after he and his family were suddenly deported Tuesday. Credit: Instagram \/ Lidia Terrazas<\/p>\nUnivision reporter Lidia Terrazas tracked down 2-month-old Juan Nicol\u00e1s after he and his family were suddenly deported Tuesday. Credit: Instagram \/ Lidia Terrazas<\/p>\n
Two-month-old baby Juan Nicol\u00e1s, who was detained at Dilley\u2019s South Texas Family Residential Center for a month as his health deteriorated, was suddenly deported Tuesday with his family after being diagnosed with bronchitis, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month old sister, his mom and his dad have been deported,\u201d the San Antonio Democrat shared in a Tuesday evening Instagram statement<\/a>. \u201cAccording to their attorney, the family was deported with only the money that they had in their commissary\u2014a total of $190.\u201d<\/p>\n After losing track of the family for several hours and \u201cfear[ing] the worst,\u201d Univision reporter Lidia Terrazas said via social media that the family had been \u201cpractically abandoned\u201d across the border in Mexico and had to borrow a phone from a stranger in the street to call her and update her on their situation.<\/p>\n In a Tuesday evening update, Terrazas said the family had found a hotel for the night with the little commissary money they had left. The family plans to seek immediate medical attention for baby Juan, who\u2019s still sick with bronchitis, the reporter noted. <\/p>\n In a subsequent update, Terrazas said that she was going to Mexico to find the baby, which she did later in the evening. After visiting the hotel in Mexico, she shared another update in which she laid out the family\u2019s future plans.<\/p>\n \u201cThe baby and his family can\u2019t stay in Mexico. They fled this country for a reason, and their plan is to travel to Guatemala, where Juan Nicol\u00e1s\u2019 dad is from,\u201d Terrazas said. \u201cThey feel like they\u2019ll be safe there. So they need to raise the funds to be able to fly out there, and funds to start a new life.\u201d <\/p>\n A GoFundMe account<\/a> established on the family\u2019s behalf has already raised $17,000 of its $24,000 goal.<\/p>\n Nicol\u00e1s, the youngest child in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, was detained at the family detention center about an hour southwest of San Antonio for a month \u2014 or half his life.<\/p>\n The newborn\u2019s health suffered while in custody at the facility, where families report \u201cputrid\u201d water and unsanitary conditions. At approximately 3 a.m. Saturday, he experienced a medical episode in which he was choking on his own vomit and experiencing respiratory issues, Terrazas reported over the weekend.<\/p>\n However, there was no medical staff at the facility in the early morning hours, Congressman Castro said in an earlier online post.<\/p>\n Instead, detention center personnel checked on the infant hourly \u201cto ensure he did not develop a fever\u201d and gave his mother, Mireya L\u00f3pez S\u00e1nchez, a \u201cnasal aspirator\u201d to help with his phlegm, Terrazas said in a Monday afternoon\u00a0update.<\/p>\n On Monday evening, Nicol\u00e1s was rushed to the hospital after his mother found him \u201cunresponsive,\u201d according to Terrazas. He was later diagnosed with bronchitis but was released around midnight. <\/p>\n At approximately 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, the mother appeared in front of a judge, who stated they would be deported, \u201cbut didn\u2019t say where or when,\u201d Castro said in his most recent statement on the case. The baby and his mother were sent back to Dilley, despite the illness.<\/p>\n The entire family was deported later that same day.<\/p>\n Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials released a statement Tuesday evening following the deportation. The agency said the family received the \u201cbest\u201d medical care inside the facility, but it failed to mention the deportation.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a longstanding practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien enters ICE custody,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThis includes medical, dental and mental health services as available, and access to medical appointments and 24-hour emergency care. This is the best healthcare than [sic] many aliens have received in their entire lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Castro had scathing criticism for ICE and the Dilley detention center in response to Tuesday\u2019s rapid turn of events.<\/p>\n \u201cTo unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous,\u201d Castro wrote in a Tuesday evening\u00a0update<\/a>. He also stated that he and his staff were committed to \u201cholding ICE accountable for this monstrous action.\u201d<\/p>\n Sign Up for SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>| Twitter<\/a>\u00a0| Or sign up for our\u00a0RSS Feed<\/a><\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tThe baby and his family, held in the Dilley site south of San Antonio, were reportedly \u2018abandoned\u2019 at the border with the money left in their commissary account \u2014 or just $190.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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