US EditionGirl deported with parents to Mexico while trying to reach Houston for brain cancer treatment
- A Texas family, including their 10-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen with brain cancer, was deported on February 4 while seeking treatment in Houston.
- The family's attorney, Danny Woodward, stated that the parents have no criminal history except for lacking valid immigration status.
- Rochelle Garza, president of the Texas Civil Rights Project, described the situation as a tragedy and part of a troubling pattern during the Trump administration.
- Immigration authorities detained the family due to the parents' lack of legal immigration documentation while traveling for medical care.
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Texas Child, a U.S. Citizen Treated For Cancer, Deported After ICE Stops Undocumented Parents While Rushing Her to the Hospital
The family was passing through the Sarita Checkpoint in Texas on the way to the hospital, as they had done many times, when officers detained them. They remained there for six hours before they were taken to a nearby detention facility and put on a bus to Mexico the next day. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection) A 10-year-old girl from Texas, a U.S. citizen with brain cancer, was deported to Mexico after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce…
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Ariande, a freshman at Fairview High School, now has more to worry about than navigating high school, where she’s been focused on making friends and maintaining grades while working for her parents’ small cleaning business. The just-turned 15-year-old, who asked to use only her middle name to protect her parents, is worried she and her 5-year-old sister could end up with estranged family members or split up in foster care if her undocumented par…
The U.S. police arrested the family at a checkpoint, when they were on their way to the doctor for an emergency, and transferred them to a detention center. They stayed there a few hours before relocating them on the Mexican side of a bridge in Texas.
Parents deported to Mexico while seeking brain cancer treatment for young American daughter
The undocumented parents of a 10-year-old US citizen whose family was removed to Mexico say they are desperately seeking a way for either of them to return to the US with the girl so she can continue brain cancer treatment.
Washington. A Texas girl and U.S. citizen under treatment for brain cancer was deported this week to Mexico along with her undocumented parents, NBC News reported.
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