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Deportation of U.S. Citizen Children Including Girl with Brain Cancer

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Location

U.S.-Mexico Border

Date

February 4, 2025

Department

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Agency Type

Border Patrol

Source

Wikipedia

Description

A 10-year-old U.S. citizen girl with brain cancer was deported with her parents and four siblings to Mexico after being stopped at an immigration checkpoint while traveling to an emergency medical appointment. Four of five children were U.S. citizens. The eldest child, 15, also has Long QT Syndrome heart condition.

Victims

  • Unnamed 10-year-old with brain cancer
  • Four U.S. citizen siblings

Tags

wrongful-deportation us-citizen children medical-emergency
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