This is just plain evil. The Daily News is reporting that a woman with a brain tumor was forced to leave the hospital where she was awaiting surgery.
An undocumented woman in desperate need of brain surgery has been forcibly removed from a Texas hospital — and her relatives in New York fear she could lose her life, a family representative said early Thursday.
The woman, Sara Beltran-Hernandez, had attempted to travel to New York City from El Salvador, but was picked up by ICE agents in November of 2015. SInce then she has been held in a Texas detention center while family members in Queens have petitioned for asylum.
Then this happened.
Earlier this month, Beltran-Hernandez, 26, began complaining about severe headaches, nosebleeds and memory loss. Last week, she collapsed and was subsequently taken to a hospital. Doctors diagnosed her with a brain tumor and determined that she needed surgery.
But Zuniga told The News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents forcibly removed Beltran-Hernandez from the Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth on Wednesday evening.
"They had her tied up from hands and ankles," Zuniga said. "She was brought in a wheelchair and is not being given treatment even though her nose continues to bleed and she has told them her head is exploding."
Beltran-Hernandez had been on a surgery wait list over the weekend, but now that is apparently off the table.
This is despicable and inhumane. I hope this story goes viral so every American will see extreme depravity up close.