New Delhi, May 15 -- A two-year-old Venezuelan girl, separated from her deported parents by US authorities, returned to Caracas on Wednesday (May 14) aboard a deportation flight, prompting rare praise from Venezuela's government for US President Donald Trump.

"Welcome, Maikelys," said Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores, cradling the toddler at the airport. The child, Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal, was among 226 Venezuelan migrants repatriated on the same flight, AFP reported.

Maikelys' separation from her parents sparked an uproar in Venezuela, where several protests were held in Caracas denouncing what activists described as her "abduction" by US authorities.

Although Maikelys' mother, 20-year-old Yorelys Bernal, wasn't at the ai...