Time is running out for a Venezuelan migrant in Illinois who is undergoing dialysis and is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. Prior to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, Jose Alfredo Pacheco, along with his family and doctors, had made arrangements to get the kidney he needed to save his life. However, his donor is currently sitting in an ICE detention center and facing deportation back to Venezuela.
Pacheco's donor was supposed to be his own brother, Jose Gregorio Gonzalez, a 43-year-old migrant who arrived in the U.S. from Venezuela in light of his brother's diagnosis of end stage kidney disease in 2023. Since then Gonzalez has served as Pacheco's main caretaker, but that ended almost a month ago after he was detained.
