Castro Statement on Mother Detained by Border Patrol Agents at San Antonio Hospital

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Joaquin Castro, First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today released the following statement: 

“It is extremely troublesome that Border Patrol agents would follow Silvia Macuixtle, a mother accompanying her four year old son to emergency surgery, and detain her at the hospital during a traumatic time. This practice is morally coarse. The United States should not be a place where mothers accompanying their children facing life-threatening conditions are at risk for deportation. Cases like this should never happen again.” 

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