'They lied to us from the beginning': Deported Louisiana family says ICE lured them with ruse

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Source: Louisiana Illuminator

‘They lied to us from the beginning’: Deported Louisiana family says ICE lured them with ruse

By: Bobbi-Jean Misick, Verite - March 14, 2025 5:00 am

Stephanie Ali did not think she and her family were being deported to Honduras in late January, until they reached their gate inside a Houston airport.

Earlier that day, she, her mother Claudia Hernandez and younger brother Jason met with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents near their home in Metairie, where they were told they were going to Houston for a hearing in immigration court, Stephanie said.

But instead of escorting them out of the airport when they deplaned in Houston, agents walked them to another gate, according to Stephanie. The flight display said “McAllen” – a Texas city close to the Mexican border.

“I was so scared,” Stephanie said in a phone interview with Verite News from her aunt’s home in San Pedro Sula, a city in northwestern Honduras. “Even just to think of it right now, I start to cry because it’s so horrible.”

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