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Mexico Couple Not Allowed To See Dying Daughter 1/5/13
Associated Press
January 5, 2013
GALVESTON - U.S. officials have denied a Mexico couple's third
and final attempt to obtain permission for humanitarian reasons to visit their
dying daughter in Texas.
Maria Sanchez has an inoperable tumor on her spine and is being cared for by
her husband in their Houston apartment. She hasn't seen her parents in nine
years.
A Customs and Border Protection spokesman says humanitarian parole cannot be used to circumvent the normal visa-issue procedures.
The San Antonio Express-News reports (http://bit.ly/VECi8r) that the first
request was denied because the woman's father was deported 13 years ago for
being in the U.S. illegally. Another request seeking permission for her mother also was denied.
The husband of 26-year-old Maria Sanchez says he will take her body to
Mexico after her death.