Overview

• The Texas Civil Rights Project says USCIS is considering parole petitions for the girl's parents and an older sister that were submitted with letters from several members of Congress.
• The child, a U.S. citizen who had a brain tumor removed, was sent to Mexico after Border Patrol detained her undocumented parents at a Texas checkpoint and presented a choice to separate or depart together.
• Advocates report her health has worsened, including seizures, and physicians have written that she requires ongoing care from U.S.-based specialists.
• DHS has stated the child could return to the United States without her parents, a stance advocates and lawmakers argue is not a viable option for the family.
• The family reports barriers to affordable specialty treatment in Mexico, and a 17-year-old U.S.-citizen sibling remains in Texas working to stay afloat.