US EditionKidney donor detained by ICE before life-saving transplant can take place
- A Venezuelan man, Jos� Gregorio Gonz�lez, was detained by ICE while preparing to donate a kidney to his brother, Jos� Alfredo Pacheco, who is in kidney failure, putting their plans at risk.
- Gonz�lez was arrested while preparing breakfast for Pacheco, leading to concerns about current and future medical needs.
- The waitlist for a cadaver kidney transplant for Pacheco could be four to five years, increasing urgency amid Gonz�lez's potential deportation.
- Humanitarian parole decisions, which could allow Gonz�lez to donate his kidney, rest with an ICE officer, who acknowledged the situation's critical nature.
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Venezuelan migrant to be temporarily released from ICE to donate kidney to ailing brother, attorney says
The attorney representing two Venezuelan siblings announced Wednesday that one of the brothers will be released from ICE custody under supervision in order to donate his kidney to his ailing younger brother, an asylum-seeker in Cicero. The attorney, Peter Meinecke, and The Resurrection Project, a nonprofit advocacy group representing the case, told the Tribune that José Gregorio González, 43, would likely be released this week from detention in …
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A New Jersey community is rallying around a beloved resident of 20 years, an Egyptian immigrant well on the legal road to U.S. citizenship and married to an American, who was inexplicably detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month. On March 12, Karim Daoud showed up for a routine appointment to renew his work-authorization documents, according to family friend Rachel Mascitelli, who has created a social media page and launch…
Man attempting to donate kidney detained by ICE
Immigration rights activists, community members and elected officials are calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release a detainee who was preparing to make an organ donation to save his brother's life. A vigil was held Monday evening for José Gregorio, a 43-year-old from Venezuela, who has been held in an immigration detention center for nearly a month. Gregorio was preparing to donate a kidney to his brother, José Alfred…
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