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Deported Venezuelan woman awaiting liver transplant pleads to return to U.S.

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Josceymar García Flores, a Venezuelan woman awaiting a liver transplant, was deported from the U.S. on April 2.
  • She is now in Caracas and pleads to return to the U.S. for the life-saving medical treatment she cannot access in Venezuela.
  • García Flores's young daughter, a U.S. citizen, has witnessed her mother's deteriorating health, including vomiting blood.

A Venezuelan woman facing a critical health crisis is appealing for a return to the United States after her deportation, emphasizing her urgent need for a liver transplant. Josceymar García Flores was deported on April 2, despite being on a waiting list for the life-saving procedure in the U.S.

Speaking from Caracas, where she is now with her five-year-old daughter, García Flores described the emotional toll of her illness. Her daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, has witnessed her mother's severe health episodes, including vomiting blood. "Unfortunately, she has seen me vomit blood several times and tells me: 'Mom, I don't want you to die,'" García Flores recounted, highlighting the profound impact on her child.

Unfortunately, she has seen me vomit blood several times and tells me: ‘mom, I don’t want you to die’

— Josceymar García FloresThe Venezuelan woman described the emotional distress her daughter has experienced witnessing her severe health episodes, including vomiting blood, following her deportation from the U.S.

García Flores entered the U.S. in 2019 on a visitor visa and remained without legal immigration status. She was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside a supermarket in San Antonio, Texas. Her deportation has left her in a desperate situation, as she believes she has no real chance of receiving the necessary transplant in Venezuela.

Her only hope, she stated, is to be allowed back into the United States to undergo the medical intervention that could save her life. The situation underscores the complex intersection of immigration, medical necessity, and the desperate measures individuals take to seek life-saving treatment.

she is now in Caracas along with her five-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen, who has witnessed the progressive deterioration of her health.

— Article textThe article details García Flores's current situation in Caracas with her daughter, a U.S. citizen, who has been a witness to her declining health.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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