The girl, Ewelina Bledniak, hasn't been in Poland since she was 2 years old. Immigration officials say she must return there and wait a year before she can come home.
Hubert Bledniak, Ewelina's father, is a U.S. citizen. He says an attorney missed a deadline in 2001 that would have allowed Ewelina to apply for a green card.
The Bledniaks say they're not optimistic about winning a legal battle before the girl's July 23 deadline, so they've bought plane tickets to accompany her to Poland.
Ewelina will stay with her grandmother in Poland until she gets her green card.
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