Joaquin Castro Slams Deportation of Sick 2-Month-Old to Mexico
Joaquin Castro condemned the deportation of a two-month-old infant with bronchitis and his family to Mexico after the child was cleared from a Texas hospital following a period of unresponsiveness.Mireya Stefani Lopez-Sanchez and her family were held at a Dilley detention facility before being removed under a final order issued by a judge earlier this month.The
DHS spokesperson
Tricia McLaughlin defended the action as medically sound while critics highlighted similar cases like
Liam Conejo Ramos to illustrate systemic issues with child detention in the
USA.