ICE deported Wendy Hernandez Reyes to Honduras without her 3-year-old U.S. citizen son, Orlin. Wendy says she repeatedly begged ICE to let her take him; weeks later, Orlin was dead.
Authorities say the relative caring for him subjected him to horrific abuse, including broken bones, burns, signs of sexual battery, and at least 17 blows to the head. He has been charged with murder and pleaded not guilty.
ICE then publicly accused Wendy of “abandoning” her child. She says she never did.
Now lawmakers have introduced Orlin’s Law, named after her son, which would restrict ICE from detaining or deporting parents and primary caregivers unless they pose a public-safety threat.