1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

ICE deported a two-year-old American born citizen, V.M.L. Not an undocumented migrant. Not a visa overstay. A born-here, U.S. citizen toddler — deported because someone needed to pad their deportation stats. Her American father brought her birth certificate. He tried to take his daughter home. ICE threatened to arrest him. Because apparently, parenting your own American child now counts as suspicious behavior. Mistakes happen, they say. Sure. But when the “mistakes” always seem to involve brown-skinned citizens losing their rights, it’s not a mistake. It’s a business model. In 2025 America, if you don’t have blond hair and blue eyes, better bring your passport to buy groceries. Because “show us your papers” isn’t history class anymore — it’s aisle three at the supermarket. Meanwhile, the same politicians begging American women to have more babies are busy deporting toddlers — and kicking out tax-paying immigrants who are already raising families here. You’d think if the goal were really about growing America, they’d want every hard-working family they could get. Unless, of course, the real goal isn’t more Americans — it’s preserving whiteness, not preserving families. Maybe the next “pro-family” campaign should come with a disclaimer: “Offer only valid for select appearances. Citizenship subject to spontaneous cancellation.” Due process isn’t optional. It’s not a luxury. It’s the last line between a functioning democracy and a country that treats rights like suggestions. Every deportation must guarantee real, enforceable due process. • No shortcuts. • No quotas. • No humans, including toddlers, dragged onto planes without a hearing. Because if American citizenship can be revoked by mistake, by malice, or by quota — then citizenship is reduced to a permit, not a right — and can be revoked at the whim of whoever’s in power.