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October 27, 2017

Texas: Agents Detained 10-Year-Old Undocumented Girl with Cerebral Palsy at Hospital
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In Texas, a mother is demanding immigration authorities release her
daughter-a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was detained by
Border Patrol agents after undergoing surgery on Tuesday. The girl, Rosa
Maria Hernandez, has been living in the United States since she was
three months old, when her parents moved the family to the U.S. in order
to access better medical care for Rosa. On Tuesday, she and her cousin
were traveling from Laredo, Texas, to a hospital in Corpus Christi, when
they were stopped at a border checkpoint. Border Patrol agents then
traveled with Rosa to the hospital and then detained her-at the
hospital-once the surgery was over. She is currently being held in a
children's shelter in San Antonio, Texas.


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