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When the Crespo-Gonzalez family parked in the Adventist Health Care Center lot in Portland, Oregon in January...
The father pleaded to let the mom and seven-year-old go get care for a concerning bloody nose.
But instead, agents detained all three and took them to the Dilley Detention Center south of San Antonio.
They remained there for more than 20 days.
Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter escorted the family home Friday.
In a statement, Dexter did not specify how or why the family, all asylum seekers, were permitted release from detention.
The agency did not respond to questions about the family's case.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Olgin in Portland, Oregon.
Two and a half million North Carolinians got a surprise last year.
Their medical debt was erased.
60-year-old Dawn Daly-Mack says when she received the letter for a $459 emergency room visit, she was in disbelief.
It was all part of a deal the state's 99 hospitals agreed to in exchange for a boost in Medicaid dollars.
They also pledged to automatically discount care for patients who qualify for financial assistance going forward.
Several states have stepped up medical debt protections in recent years.
Meanwhile, the federal government rolled back plans to keep medical debt off credit reports.