An 11-year-old Texas girl recovering from brain surgery hasn’t been able to see her doctor for seven months.
The girl, an American citizen, was arrested with her parents in February while driving to a doctor's appointment for follow-up after surgery to remove a brain tumor. They were quickly deported to her parents’ native Mexico early in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
On Sept. 18, her lawyers stood with Democratic lawmakers outside the U.S. Capitol, asking that the girl, who they called "Sara," be allowed back into the country with her parents for treatment.
“Citizens should be protected, not abandoned,” Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, told reporters. “Every day Sara is outside the United States is a day she goes without critical lifesaving treatment.”
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