The Texas Civil Rights Project said two parents were given a choice to leave their citizen children in the United States or accompany them to Mexico.

The minor, a U.S. citizen by birth, was detained a month ago along with her undocumented parents and four siblings while en route to a medical appointment in Houston. When faced with the option of separation,

A child with brain cancer seeking treatment in Houston was deported along with her family following a stop at an immigration checkpoint. Per the Texas Civil Rights Project, a nonprofit legal advocacy and litigation group,