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Humanitarian Parole Denials Double Under Trump; Child’s Tumor Deteriorates

5/18/2026

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Humanitarian parole denials were over twice as frequent in the first nine months of President Donald Trump’s second term as in Biden’s final year.
Parents of a U.S. citizen child were denied parole, leaving family in Mexico and worsening the child’s brain-tumor condition, now with a seven-year-old mental capacity.
Attorney Danny Woodward said the mother received three unexplained refusals, the family may reapply and is seeking bipartisan congressional support.

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Humanitarian parole denials were over twice as frequent in the first nine months of President Donald Trump’s second term as in Biden’s final year.
Parents of a U.S. citizen child were denied parole, leaving family in Mexico and worsening the child’s brain-tumor condition, now with a seven-year-old mental capacity.
Attorney Danny Woodward said the mother received three unexplained refusals, the family may reapply and is seeking bipartisan congressional support.