A family in D.C. faces an uncertain future amid immigration challenges. A mother says she and her 8-year-old daughter, who has autism and is non-verbal, are undocumented and will go before an immigration judge in the coming days.
Their order to appear before a judge comes after the child’s father was taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
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In just days, the child from Honduras won’t go to school as she usually does. She’ll head to court instead. Her mother says they received a letter from the Department of Justice for an in-person hearing on her daughter’s asylum case.
Telemundo 44’s Rosbelis Quiñonez spoke exclusively with the child’s mother, who asked to not be identified because of concerns abou