The article discusses a groundbreaking achievement in the treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a previously fatal brain cancer. A 13-year-old boy has become the first individual to be cured of the disease. This patient’s success offers a glimmer of hope for future treatments and research in combating this devastating form of cancer.
Undocumented parents, Juan and Maria, were deported to Mexico with their five children, including a 10-year-old US citizen daughter undergoing brain cancer treatment. Their deportation followed a routine trip to a Houston hospital for the daughter’s ongoing care, where they were detained at a Border Patrol checkpoint despite having previously crossed it without issue. The family, who had lived in the US for over a decade and had no criminal record, now desperately seeks humanitarian parole to allow at least one parent to return with their daughter for continued treatment. The parents’ choice to remain with their children rather than separate ultimately resulted in their removal, highlighting the difficult choices faced by mixed-status families.
A family, including a 10-year-old U.S. citizen battling brain cancer, was deported to Mexico after their undocumented parents were unable to provide legal immigration documentation at a Texas checkpoint. Despite having previously passed through the checkpoint without issue using medical documentation, the family was detained and subsequently deported, leaving the child without access to crucial ongoing cancer treatment. The Texas Civil Rights Project, representing the family, cites this as part of a pattern affecting mixed-status families and is calling for the family’s return to the U.S. for continued medical care. The family’s other U.S.-born children, also impacted by the deportation, face health and educational challenges in Mexico.
John Q. Hosedrinker