Teen remains in care of Office of Refugee Resettlement as advocates work to reunite family

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HOUSTON (KIAH) – After days in the care of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement , 15-year-old Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia was rushed to the hospital for surgery involving appendicitis, his mother Maria Garcia praying and pleading that he would be able to recover at home in his bed.

Cesar Espinosa, Executive Director of FIEL , and advocate for the Garcia family, said he was taken to the hospital

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