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Castro Statement on DHS' Planned Apprehension of Hospitalized 10-Year-Old Girl

Statement

Date: Oct. 25, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Executive Branch Immigration

Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement regarding reports that U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials plan to apprehend a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who recently underwent gall bladder surgery at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas:

"Right now, federal agents are staking out the hospital room of a sick, 10-year-old child. The Trump Administration plans to rip this ailing little girl from her family, and ship her off, by herself, to a detention center. I challenge President Trump and Acting Secretary Duke to show that this enforcement operation is prioritizing a dangerous criminal. A small child who just had surgery is not a threat to Texans' safety or our national security. DHS should focus its resources elsewhere."


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