I used to push back against those who said that, with Trump administration immigration policy, the cruelty is the point. I can no longer do so. In Guatemala, Maria Isabel Bueso would die quickly for lack of cutting-edge treatments:
Farida Jhabvala Romero: Feds to Reconsider Case of Bay Area Woman Getting Lifesaving Treatment Who Faces Deportation: "Maria Isabel Bueso has overcome many challenges as a result of the debilitating genetic disease she was born with that eventually left her confined to a wheelchair, breathing through a device and��reliant upon weekly treatments to survive. She trained to become a dance teacher and now is an instructor, and she graduated��summa cum laude from California State University, East Bay���where she set up a scholarship fund for students with disabilities. She also advocates for people with her disease and other rare illnesses, traveling to Washington, D.C., to lobby for medical research. Now, Bueso��is fighting for her life once more. Immigration authorities previously told her and her family to leave the U.S. by mid-September���or face deportation to her home country of Guatemala...
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Published on September 13, 2019 11:00