A sick 2-month-old baby boy was deported to Mexico just hours after being discharged from a Texas hospital on Tuesday where he was being treated for bronchitis, a U.S. official said.Juan Nicolás, his parents, and his 16-month-old sister were deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from a family detention center in Dilley, Texas, despite concerns about his health, with the child having breathing problems, vomiting and at one point becoming unresponsive, said Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).“To unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous,” Castro said in a statement Tuesday night. “My staff and I are in contact with Juan’s family. We are laser-focused on tracking them down, holding ICE accountable for this monstrous action, demanding specific details on their whereabouts and wellbeing, and ensuring their safety.”The 2-month-old child was deported to Mexico shortly after his release from a Texas hospital, where he was being treated for bronchitis, said a local official.Courtesy of @carlos_eduardo_espina/InstagramCastro, citing the family’s attorney, said they were deported with just $190.Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin disputed the child’s health in a statement to HuffPost on Wednesday, saying he was “in stable condition and medically cleared for removal” when discharged from a hospital.“Pediatricians gave the parents a nasal saline spray with a nasal bulb syringe to continue care upon their removal,” she said.McLaughlin further argued that the child’s mother, Mireya Stefani Lopez-Sanchez, chose to take her newborn with her when she was transferred to ICE custody for removal proceedings. This followed her being taken into custody on Jan. 21 after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass, Texas. A judge ordered her removal on Feb. 8.“Parents are given a choice to either take their child with them or place them in the care of someone they designate. This is consistent with past administration’s immigration enforcement,” she said.Reporter Lidia Terrazas said Tuesday that she traveled to Mexico after the family was deported and was able to meet with them and Juan, who in a photo posted on her Instagram page was seen sitting on her lap. In a later video update Wednesday night, Terrazas said the baby was diagnosed with RSV and “severe” bronchiolitis at a hospital in Mexico and that his condition had improved.Terrazas had earlier said that the family was staying in a hotel and that their next step was to find medical care for the baby and his mother, who continues to recover after giving birth.A box for grievances is seen in the cafeteria at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, during a media tour of the facility in 2019.via Associated Press“Let’s not forget the mom,” she wrote on Instagram. “She has been under a lot of stress, she is in postpartum. Don’t forget this mom and her wellbeing also.”Castro and Terrazas did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment Wednesday on Juan’s condition and whereabouts.According to a GoFundMe page set up for Juan and his family Wednesday morning, the family plans to relocate to Guatemala, where they have family. Castro had been leading calls for the family’s release from the detention center, which he has demanded to be shut down over growing concerns about detainees’ access to medical care. “They are on notice that he has been sick, that they don’t have the medical capacity to treat him properly and that his life, if this continues, could be in danger,” Castro said of Juan on Monday, immediately before news of the child’s brief hospitalization. “His life is in danger for a baby that young facing respiratory issues, and vomiting like that and sick.”The Texas facility has been under fire not just over Juan’s detention but also allegations of inhumane conditions, overcrowding, a measles outbreak, and the detention late last month of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias.