
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.