This just in from CBS 4 in El Paso, Texas. According to a Tuesday morning tweet from Claudia Tristán, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has approved a six-month stay of removal for Maria De Loera, the mother of eight-year-old Alia, who has been battling cancer.
BREAKING: #ICE has approved a 6mo stay for Alia’s mother while the 8yo continues medical care after fighting #cancer. pic.twitter.com/Cv8MxjatUm
— Claudia Tristán (@ClaudiaKFOX_CBS) August 8, 2017
The following video from CBS 4 shares more context to De Loera’s story. According to CBS 4, De Loera was facing deportation, but the Tuesday news of the stay of removal from ICE allows for De Loera to remain in the United States for at least six months.
On Tuesday afternoon, ICE issued a statement about De Loera’s case:
What @ICEgov sent me at 5:15pmET about the stay of removal for Maria De Loera, whose daughter (cancer patient) is in an #ElPaso hospital. pic.twitter.com/3JZ2ZICqk2
— Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) August 8, 2017
