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An undocumented woman from El Salvador awaiting brain surgery to remove a tumor was taken from a Texas hospital and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Wednesday night, her legal team says.

Sara Beltran-Hernandez, 26, had been in immigration detention since November 2015 because she did not have proper documentation when she tried to migrate to New York City, according to the New York Daily News.

The mother of two had been held at Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, while her New York-based family members actively tried to petition for her asylum. But she collapsed at the facility this month after experiencing severe headaches, nosebleeds and memory loss. She was taken to the nearby Texas Health Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth, where doctors diagnosed her with a brain tumor that required surgery.

Around 8pm Wednesday, ICE agents took her from the hospital to a detention facility that the department says has 24 hour care available.

Beltran-Hernandez’s legal team criticized her treatment.

“They had her tied up from hands and ankles,” said Melissa Zuniga, a paralegal on her case, in a statement. “She was brought in a wheelchair and is not being given treatment even though her nose continues to bleed and she has told them her head is exploding.” 

Beltran-Hernandez had been on a surgery waitlist as of this past weekend. But after her relatives called Wednesday night, everything was put on hold, according to the Daily News. 

During that call, Beltran-Hernandez’s lawyers say she couldn’t remember their names, despite them working with her for the past 13 months on her asylum case.

“It was clear that she had deteriorated in that time,” Zuniga told ABC News. “She sounded groggy and she wasn’t remembering things. We became even more concerned.” 

The Department of Homeland Security had issued a statement late Tuesday saying that ICE officials had contacted the Beltran-Hernandez family’s attorneys to explain the proper procedure to get in touch with her.

“Requests by family members to visit ICE detainees who have been hospitalized are permitted but must be approved in advance with ICE and the appropriate consulate,” the agency wrote in the statement.

Shortly after she spoke to her family, Beltran-Hernandez was back in the detention center. 

Zuniga told The Huffington Post that Beltran-Hernandez was to be released and sent back to the hospital in Texas “soon” as of Thursday morning.

ICE said that Beltran-Hernandez had been discharged from the hospital on Wednesday and was still in their custody at the Prairieland Detention Center.

“Ms. Beltran will continue to have access to 24 hour emergency medical care and to any required specialized treatment at an outside facility,” they told HuffPost.

Zuniga told HuffPost that she and the rest of the legal team, along with medical professionals, would fly to Dallas Thursday morning to help “provide Sara with options regarding her mother and stepfather’s travel to her bedside in Texas” from New York City.

“Both need special humanitarian parole for them to travel without fear of ICE detention,” Zuniga said.

Beltran-Hernandez’s medical records have still not been made available, she added. Zuniga urged the Salvadorian government and United States government to discuss the matter as soon as possible.

The legal team is concerned that Beltran-Hernandez’s children in El Salvadore “may become immediate targets because Sara’s asylum claims have not become public record for all to see.” She’d like them to see their mother before her surgery, if possible, in case she dies, Zuniga added.

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