A 10-year-old immigrant was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. She was detained on the way. - News Summed Up

A 10-year-old immigrant was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. She was detained on the way.


Rosa Maria Hernandez, 10, was detained by federal immigration agents in Texas after she passed through a Border Patrol checkpoint on her way to a hospital to undergo surgery. The child was already scared before the ambulance stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint — before federal immigration officers detained her for living in the country illegally. In all the time she had lived in Laredo, Rosa Maria never had a reason to travel through the checkpoint, Gonzalez said. “Instead of using resources to protect communities, [federal agents are] detaining a 10-year-old child who is medically ill,” said Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex. The family has received few details about the conditions of the shelter where Rosa Maria is being held.


Source: Washington Post October 26, 2017 22:00 UTC



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