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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Liddell

ICE to temporarily release detained migrant so he can donate kidney to his brother

José Gregorio González (L) and José Alfredo Pacheco may be reunited after ICE allegedly granted the detained brother humanitarian parole - (The Resurrection Project/Facebook)

A Venezuelan man who was detained by immigration officials after he traveled to the U.S. to donate a kidney to his brother is set to be released from detention as early as Friday, according to a non-profit organisation representing his family.

José Gregorio González, 43, hoped to donate the organ to his brother who was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure in December 2023, after arriving in Chicago seeking asylum from Venezuela – but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained him.

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