A two-year-old Venezuelan girl, whose parents were deported from the United States without her, was flown home on Wednesday to Caracas, earning President Donald Trump rare praise from Venezuela's government.

"Welcome, Maikelys," First Lady Cilia Flores said as she took the toddler into her arms on her arrival on a deportation flight carrying 226 Venezuelan migrants, state TV showed.

The separation of Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal from her parents had caused an outcry in the South American nation.

Several demonstrations were held in Caracas to denounce her "abduction" by US authorities.

Her mother, Yorelys Bernal, was not at the airport to greet her daughter but was reunited with her later at the presidential palace, where President Nicolas Maduro profusely thanked Trump for the gi

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