ICE releases Andrea Pedro-Francisco, woman with large ovarian cyst, from Texas detention center

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 986

Last Updated: 6 days, 10 hours ago

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Andrea Pedro-Francisco, a 23-year-old asylum seeker who has been pleading for medical treatment for a large ovarian cyst since being arrested by immigration agents in Minnesota in February, was unexpectedly released from a Texas detention center on Wednesday.

“It was a shock,” Pedro-Francisco said in a statement shared by her attorney. “Suddenly ICE told me that today I was going to be released, and I asked them why, where am I going? They told me …

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