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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Federal agents arrested kidney transplant recipient delivering groceries and detained him without medication, family and lawmakers say

Federal officers in Minnesota detained a recent kidney transplant recipient who was delivering groceries for a church’s mutual aid group after ramming his car, according to his wife and a state lawmaker advocating for his release.

He was detained without his medication and is reportedly being sent to a detention center in Texas where he may not have access to medicine to prevent his body from rejecting his new kidney, according to Minnesota state Rep. Kim Hicks.

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