14-Year-Old Endures Cancer Treatment Alone Because Mom Is Not Allowed to Cross U.S. Border
After months of efforts from advocacy groups, Ixcell Perez will finally be reunited with her mom Dalia
A 14-year-old cancer patient is going through treatment alone because her mother has not been allowed to cross the border into the United States. But thanks to advocacy groups, the pair may be reunited soon.
Over the summer, Ixcell Perez and her mother Dalia Perez traveled on a bus for four days to the border crossing at Tijuana, Mexico, so Ixcell could undergo treatment in the U.S. after her leukemia relapsed, Good Morning America reported. Ixcell, who was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, was ultimately allowed to enter, but Dalia was denied, according to Solidarity Now, an immigration rights advocacy group.
Published on August 28, 2019 05:47PM EDT