Texas judge denies petition to release woman detained in Minnesota with medical condition

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 978

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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A woman arrested in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge must remain in an immigration detention facility in Texas pending deportation proceedings even as she suffers excruciating pain from a large ovarian cyst at risk of rupture, a federal judge ruled.

Andrea Pedro-Francisco was detained in Burnsville without a warrant on her way to work cleaning houses on Feb. 5 — a week before she was scheduled for surgery to remove the cyst, which if …

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