Israel and Max Makoka are coming home. Just over a week has passed since ICE detained the brothers while they were waiting for their bus to Hancock High School outside their Diamondhead, Mississippi, home on April 21 and separated them across two other states. Now, the two teens from the Republic of Congo are free once more—returning to their host parents, Gail and Cliff Baptiste, to begin the legal battle to remain in the U.S.
Israel spoke to the Mississippi Free Press on Thursday afternoon, shortly after being reunited with his brother in Texas.
