US Citizen Child with Brain Cancer Deportated with Undocumented Parents
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