A Guatemalan woman seeking asylum is suing Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE and other Trump administration officials in an effort to be reunited with her daughter.

Perla Karlili Alemengor Miranda De Velasquez filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in D.C. on Tuesday on behalf of herself and her child, demanding a trial by jury and alleging that her due process and equal protection rights were violated.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele NielsenMore than million in DHS contracts awarded to firm of acting secretary's wife: report DHS IG won't investigate after watchdog said Wolf, Cuccinelli appointments violated law Appeals court sides with Trump over drawdown of immigrant protections MORE, Acting Customs and Border Protection head Kevin McAleenan, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Director Scott Lloyd are also listed as defendants in the lawsuit.

The lawsuit was filed by the same lawyer who represented a Guatemalan woman who sued to be reunited with her child in a similar case last week. Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia was reunited with her 7-year-old son shortly after her lawsuit was filed.

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The new complaint states that immigration officials at a detention center forcibly separated Velasquez’s daughter from her at 3:30 a.m., two days after they were apprehended by U.S. border agents near San Luis, Ariz.

“She witnessed other officers take children away from their mothers and when those mothers asked why, the officers said, ‘because the government says we can,’” the document reads.

Velasquez states in the lawsuit that she has asserted asylum, was released and has not been prosecuted for illegally entering the U.S.

The complaint alleges that (ORR) “continues to wrongly characterize” Velasquez’s child as an unaccompanied minor, despite knowing that the child is Velasquez’s daughter.

“This is absolutely wrong because once an asylum-seeking parent shows the birth certificate and valid ID, upon the asylum seeker’s release the child should be released with the asylum seeker, or within 24 hours,” the complaint states.

President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE signed an executive order last week to end family separations that resulted from his administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy after facing massive backlash over the practice.