Yukon family facing deportation gives up fight

Sergio Rojas says he and his wife are giving up their fight to remain in Canada with their two young sons.

This comes after today's announcement by Yukon MP Ryan Leef that he is withdrawing support for the family.

The couple previously told CBC that pediatricians and therapists had said their three-year old son Jonathan, who has a malformed skull, wouldn't receive proper medical care if they returned to Latin America.

That is now being disputed.

Leef, who strongly advocated the family's case, says immigration officials discovered a discrepancy in their investigation of the family's file.

Leef says the family altered a letter from the Child Development Centre in Whitehorse, adding a paragraph that says staff "feel strongly" that Jonathan needs to be in Canada for medical care.

"I can confirm ... the Rojas family has altered without the knowledge or consent of the Child Development Centre," says Leef. "They've done so in a means to embellish the needs of their child."

The development centre wouldn't comment on the allegations, citing confidentiality.

Sergio Rojas denies altering the letter.

"No, I didn't do that. I never lied to you," he told CBC North reporter Nancy Thomson.

Rojas is from Mexico and his wife Linda Martinez is from Nicaragua. Jonathan was born in Yukon and is a Canadian citizen. They also have a seven-year-old son who was not born in Canada.

Rojas says he's tired and dejected and can't fight a "political process."

He says they'll leave the country next Wednesday.