Boy discovered to be an illegal immigrant during cancer treatment

Carolyn Hileman* | September 20, 2007

A 12 year old boy is helping his family make tamales to raise money for chemotherapy treatments. He was diagnosed with Leukemia last month. After four treatments, the hospital learned he was here illegally. The family was told they would have to pay. The family has been here for a decade. The boy wants to continue his treatments here. The tamales they’re making will be just a drop in the bucket for the $18 thousand needed to continue his treatment.

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