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Six-year-old Haitian boy Brad Mertens Joseph, needing urgent open-heart surgery in Akron, Ohio, faces deportation due to President Trump's travel ban. The surgery, arranged by a non-profit, was to correct a heart defect. His parents, facing dangerous travel to Port-au-Prince for prior consultations, are devastated by the sudden halt to their son's life-saving treatment. The family is now desperately seeking a solution.

Prepared by Rachel Morgan and reviewed by editorial team.