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7/5/2025, 6:04:21 AM
https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2025-07-03/ice-releases-6-year-old-with-leukemia-from-detention-following-lawsuit-public-outcry
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday released a Honduran family — including a 6-year-old boy with leukemia and his 9-year-old sister — following a lawsuit and mounting public pressure.
The story captured attention for being a stark contradiction from President Trump's promise to target "violent criminals" in mass deportations.
In this case, a mother and her two children showed up to Los Angeles Immigration Court to make their case for asylum.
Like thousands of immigrants across the country, they saw their case quickly dismissed — with ICE agents waiting to arrest them in the hallway.
They were detained and transferred to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, where they were held for the last month. During that time, the 6-year-old missed a medical appointment in Los Angeles to be treated for leukemia.
That's when the Texas Civil Rights Project and Columbia University Immigrant Rights Clinic stepped in and filed a lawsuit on their behalf in federal court in San Antonio.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday released a Honduran family — including a 6-year-old boy with leukemia and his 9-year-old sister — following a lawsuit and mounting public pressure.
The story captured attention for being a stark contradiction from President Trump's promise to target "violent criminals" in mass deportations.
In this case, a mother and her two children showed up to Los Angeles Immigration Court to make their case for asylum.
Like thousands of immigrants across the country, they saw their case quickly dismissed — with ICE agents waiting to arrest them in the hallway.
They were detained and transferred to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, where they were held for the last month. During that time, the 6-year-old missed a medical appointment in Los Angeles to be treated for leukemia.
That's when the Texas Civil Rights Project and Columbia University Immigrant Rights Clinic stepped in and filed a lawsuit on their behalf in federal court in San Antonio.
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