Congressman says staff returned hearing aids to deported deaf child
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Rep. Eric Swalwell said his staff traveled to Colombia to return hearing aids to a 6-year-old deaf boy who was deported without them last week.
Members from Rep. Eric Swalwell's staff traveled to Colombia to return hearing aids to a 6-year-old deaf boy who was abruptly deported with his family last week, the congressman announced.
The family's deportation made international news after California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond held a press conference to demand the return of the 6-year-old.
The child, as well as his mother, Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, 28, and brother, were detained at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's San Francisco office on March 3 without his medically required hearing aids, according to their immigration attorney Nikolas De Bremaeker.
Swalwell called on the federal government to return Rodriguez Gutierrez and her sons to the United States.
"What happened here is not about public safety," Swalwell said. "How does ruining the life of a 6-year-old deaf child make our community of the country any safer? It doesn't."
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