Mexican Parents Denied Entry to the U.S. to Say Goodbye to Their Dying Daughter

Well, here’s a double whammy of saddening and maddening. This past Sunday, Maria Sanchez, 26, died in her Houston home from the effects of an inoperable spinal tumor. Just four days earlier U.S. Customs and Border Protection denied a humanitarian parole to her parents, so they were unable to see their daughter on her death bed. The agency said humanitarian parole was an extraordinary measure granted only for a “very compelling emergency.”

I guess saying goodbye to your child isn’t a very compelling emergency in the eyes of the U.S. government? Disgusting.