Border cops free gal held after surgery

THE UNDOCUMENTED girl who had been detained for 10 days by U.S. Border Patrol agents after she had gallbladder surgery at a Texas hospital was released Friday, a U.S. congressman said.

Rosa Maria Hernandez, 10, had been in federal custody at a San Antonio shelter for unaccompanied minors since she was released from a Corpus Christi hospital.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released her Friday evening, allowing her to reunite with her parents, according to Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).

“This young girl and her loved ones have been through a traumatizing ordeal,” said Castro, whose district includes San Antonio.

Rosa Maria (pictured with her mom), who has cerebral palsy, and her parents have lived in the United States since they crossed the Mexican border when she was 3 months old.

She was taken by ambulance Oct. 24 from her home in Laredo to the hospital 150 miles away and was stopped by Customs agents along the trip.

The agents followed the ambulance to the hospital and stayed with the girl until her release, when they took her into custody.

American Civil Liberties Union attorney Michael Tan said the feds appeared to expedite Rosa Maria’s supervised release after a home visit with the family on Thursday.

“Whatever you think about immigration, something really wrong happened here,” said Tan, who worked with the family to challenge the arrest in court.