Lawmakers, clergy call for humanitarian release of woman in Texas detention center with ovarian cyst

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 832

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Minnesota state legislators joined U.S. Rep. Angie Craig to call for the humanitarian release of a 23-year-old Burnsville woman, Andrea Pedro-Francisco, who has been in immigration detention for 77 days while suffering excruciating pain from an ovarian cyst the size of a tennis ball.

“Every day that passes, she is more at risk of permanent harm or death. I call on every (Department of Homeland Security) official to find humanity within themselves and grant Andrea …

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