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Deported Family Fights to Return for Daughter's Cancer Care

3/13/2025

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A family torn apart by deportation is desperately trying to return to the U.S. for their 10-year-old daughter’s critical brain cancer treatment. After immigration officials detained her undocumented parents in Texas, the girl and her four U.S.-born siblings were sent to Mexico, where they now face safety fears and a lack of essential healthcare.

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Story summary

A family torn apart by deportation is desperately trying to return to the U.S. for their 10-year-old daughter’s critical brain cancer treatment. After immigration officials detained her undocumented parents in Texas, the girl and her four U.S.-born siblings were sent to Mexico, where they now face safety fears and a lack of essential healthcare.