Administration flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight

The Trump administration has taken the unusual step of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity.

The child’s parent, Rose Inessa-Ethington, a transgender woman, is accused of taking the child to Cuba without permission.

Utah police sought the child's return after concerns arose about possible gender-affirming surgery.

Inessa-Ethington and her partner were arrested and charged with international parental kidnapping.

The child has been returned to the biological mother.

The case highlights ongoing debates over gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S.