Fact check: Did trump return the child he deported who had cancer

1. Summary of the results

The question appears to conflate multiple cases of children with cancer being deported during the Trump administration. There were at least two documented cases:

• A 4-year-old US citizen with metastatic cancer who was deported with her mother ^[1]
• A 10-year-old US citizen with brain cancer who was deported with her undocumented parents after tumor surgery ^{[2] [3]}

The sources do not specifically indicate whether either child was "returned," making it impossible to directly answer the original question.

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

Several crucial pieces of context are missing from the original question:

• This occurred within a broader family separation policy that affected 3,900 children between 2017-2021 ^[4]
• Of these separations, 74% of children were eventually reunited with their families (2,176 before and 689 after the creation of a task force) ^[5]
• In the case of the 10-year-old, the family was forced to make an impossible choice between separation or deportation together ^[2]
• The 10-year-old's family also included a 15-year-old sibling with a life-threatening heart condition ^[2]
• The ACLU reported that at least one child was deported without access to necessary medication or medical consultation ^[1]

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original question oversimplifies a complex situation by:

• Suggesting there was only one case when there were multiple documented instances
• Implying direct involvement from Trump himself, when these were actions carried out by ICE under his administration's broader policies
• Focusing on "return" when the larger context involves systematic family separation policies affecting thousands of children

Those benefiting from different narratives include:

• Immigration hardliners who might downplay these incidents as necessary enforcement of immigration law
• Immigration advocates and civil rights organizations like the ACLU who use these cases to highlight humanitarian concerns
• Political actors on both sides who might use these cases to either defend or criticize Trump's immigration policies