- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
A 2-year-old American girl has been left stateless after the Trump administration deported her alongside her family.
Emanuelly Borges Santos, known to her family as Manu, was born in a Florida hospital in 2022. She has an American passport and a Social Security card. Nevertheless, Manu and her parents, who are both undocumented, were packed onto a plane with 94 others and shipped to Brazil in February, according to a report from The Washington Post.
When they arrived, Brazilian officials were shocked to find the American toddler among the deportees.
“We’d never seen another case like this,” federal police officer Alexsandra Oliveira Medeiros Reis told the Post.
Right, I don’t disagree with what you’re saying, just pointing out it’s a bit of an academic distinction at this point.
But probably not the right way for the media to describe it, so I see your point.