For more than 10 years, Ismelda Soriano and Her partner appealed to every possible avenue to have their asylum application in the United States accepted. However, their request was denied, and they must now return to Guatemala before they are detained.

Although they spent more than $50,000 on legal representation, trying to make the process successful, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) definitively denied them asylum. But their reality is more complicated: they have a U.S. citizen son with a rare immunological disease.

In 2014, Ismelda arrived with her two babies at the San Ysidro International Port of Entry, the border port between the United States and Mexico. At the time, the woman requested asylum because she was fleeing armed violence in Guatemala.

“I feel very sad because I have to leave everything behind,” the immigrant told a Noticias Telemundo report. Now they just have to wait for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to tell them their departure date.

“We’ve worked all these years to raise our children… To get to this point?” reflected Ismelda, who dedicated herself to cleaning houses every day and caring for the elderly, hoping to receive a “yes” from immigration authorities.

The mother fears that her son will not receive adequate care in Guatemala

Despite not having the necessary documentation to reside in the country, the health condition of their son, for humanitarian reasons, allowed them to obtain more time to stay.

David, who is 5 years old and a US citizen, suffers from myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness, especially in voluntary muscles. Now the little boy's mother fears that he won't receive adequate care in Guatemala.

Cesar Luna, an immigration attorney and legal representative for Ismelda and her family, explained to Telemundo that "all appeals procedures have been exhausted," so they have no choice but to leave the country on their own or ICE will act to detain and deport them.

"It's a deportation that will likely affect the health and quality of life of an American citizen," the attorney said, adding that the case is "inhumane."

Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, where little David receives monthly treatments, also issued a letter warning that the patient needs urgent care. Otherwise: "It can lead to life-threatening complications, also known as a myasthenic crisis."

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