"Don't worry, honey, we are with you, he wrote in Spanish."
"They wouldn't even allow the family priest or her lawyer in, they said."
"Obviously, having ICE outside her room and not being able to see her family is what is causing her current medical condition, said lawyer Michelle de Blank, who is aiding the family with health care matters."
"I don't understand. Everybody's peaceful, everybody's quiet, everybody's following the rules. And all we want to do is see her, make sure she's okay, help her calm down, figure out the next legal steps and move on."
Family members are keeping vigil at Stanford Medical Center where Aleyda Yeny Rodriquez, a 47-year-old mother of three with a chronic blood condition, has been held in federal custody since Monday. Federal agents are posted outside her hospital room, preventing family visitors, gifts, the family priest and the lawyer from entering. Stanford Hospital has provided limited information and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not communicated details to the family. Her condition is reported to be exacerbated by stress. Her father expressed a desire to take her back to Mexico, where family plans had anticipated her return.
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