The child's mother was being deported and wanted to take the girl, U.S. lawyers said. When the judge asked to speak to her, they were already in the air.

A federal judge has ordered a hearing to determine whether the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen with “no meaningful process.” U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty set the date of May 16 to resolve the matter of the New Orleans-born child, who he said appears to be in Honduras with her mother.