Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Girl with Special Needs Released from Custody

Rosa Maria Hernandez, a ten-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and the mental capacity of a five-year-old, was released from a children's home last Friday. On October 24, an ambulance was taking Hernandez (accompanied by an adult cousin who is a US citizen) to the hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, when it was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint. Originally from Mexico, Hernandez arrived in the United States when she was three months old, so she is technically an undocumented immigrant. Hernandez and her cousin were escorted to the hospital where she had emergency gallbladder surgery before she was discharged into US Customs and Border Protection custody. Although she has reunited with her mother, it's possible Hernandez will be deported. This case is something to be considered in immigration debates. For more details on this story, go to http://kfor.com/2017/11/05/undocumented-girl-with-special-needs-in-federal-custody-is-released/.

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