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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it will not release a Minnesota woman facing deportation on humanitarian parole to receive surgery to remove a painful, tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst at risk of causing severe medical complications.
'We've got to do better' congressional members demand at Camp East Montana
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig felt a wave of emotions as she walked through Camp East Montana on her first visit to the sprawling immigration detention center in El Paso.
Craig was not allowed to speak with anyone during her nearly two-hour oversight visit. But she could see the despair in the detainees' eyes.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig has confirmed that medical staff at ICE's El Paso service processing center have confirmed that her detained constituent, Andrea Pedro Francisco, has a large ovarian cyst after a ultrasound was performed.
Craig announced the confirmation after spending around 40 minutes with Pedro Francisco on Monday, May 4. The congresswoman from Minnesota traveled to El Paso to meet with the 23-year-old Guatemalan immigrant who had been detained during ICE's operations in the state.
EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig's visit to El Paso's Camp East Montana on Monday is raising questions about the medical care inside the detention facility, as the congresswoman calls for urgent medical care for a detained Minnesota woman with an ovarian cyst.
The Democratic congresswoman traveled to El Paso on Monday to tour the facility and visit 23-year-old Andrea Pedro-Francisco, who has been suffering from an ovarian cyst since before she was detained on Feb. 5 in Minnesota.
Immigration detention officials have confirmed that a Minnesota woman detained in El Paso for almost two months has an ovarian cyst, but haven’t provided information on how they plan to treat her, the detainee’s congresswoman said Monday.
During the Washington Watch event in Washington, D.C., Democrat Angie Craig addressed members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters to discuss the current legislative landscape. Representative Angie Craig expressed significant concerns regarding the proposed Farm Bill and its potential impact on the agricultural community and food assistance programs.
The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee is hoping her Senate colleagues will push for a farm bill that reflects more of her party's priorities, urging lawmakers to “hold the line” for a more bipartisan bill.
“I would say to my Senate colleagues – I hope my colleagues in the future – that they really should hold the line for a bipartisan product,” Rep. Angie Craig, who is running for Senate in Minnesota in November, told reporters Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Prior Lake, the first LGBTQ+ mother and grandmother in Congress, delivered a letter last week signed by 23 House Democrats opposing the Department of Health and Human Services’ rescission of a Biden-era rule aimed at ensuring LGBTQ+ foster youth have access to safe and affirming placements.
The members urged HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to put forth an alternative rule.
U.S. Representative Angie Craig, who serves Minnesota’s 2nd district in Congress, has recently used her social media platform to address concerns regarding a detained constituent and allegations of misconduct against fellow lawmakers.
A 23-year-old Burnsville woman scheduled to have an ovarian cyst removed on Feb. 11 is in ICE custody in Texas, her condition worsening by the day, advocates said.
Andrea Pedro-Francisco’s Feb. 5 arrest interrupted her medical care and pain treatment, and efforts to gain her release have been fruitless, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig said on Monday.