A 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was detained by immigration authorities after surgery has been released to her family but her future in the country remains uncertain.

Federal immigration authorities released Rosa Maria Hernandez on Friday after more than a week in detention.  A lawyer for the girl’s family confirmed to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times she was released to relatives from a San Antonio facility for undocumented minors.

While he applauded the child’s release, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro noted that her future is uncertain because federal authorities have not determined whether she’ll be able to remain in this country.

“While this is welcome news, Rosa Maria’s future remains uncertain. The Trump Administration has not made clear whether they will proceed with deportation proceedings against her. I continue to call for Rosa Maria’s case to be administratively closed,” said Castro, D-Texas.

“The United States should not be a place where children seeking life-sustaining medical care are at risk of apprehension. I urge the Department of Homeland Security to abide by its claims that dangerous criminals are the agency’s priority and reinforce its sensitive locations policies to employees.”

U.S. Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint had stopped an ambulance taking her to emergency gall bladder surgery early the morning of Oct. 24. Since then, relatives and their supporters have rallied on the child’s behalf. They said she had never been separated from her family.

The girl left detention a day after a federal judge in San Antonio canceled a release hearingscheduled after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government and urged officials to let her go. Upon her release, the ACLU’s Texas legal director Tweeted: “We will continue to challenge the government to stop this kind of heartless and unlawful conduct.”

The case generated international coverage over what the family and its lawyers — along with politicians and activists — called a…