Couple Once Detained by ICE, Chicago-Born Son with Terminal Cancer Reunite in Mexico
A federal judge granted the parents’ release after advocates pressed for humanitarian relief, allowing them to travel to their son as his cancer spread.
- On Saturday, Kevin Gonzalez, 18, reunited with his parents in Durango, Mexico, fulfilling his final wish after an immigration judge ordered their release from custody.
- Earlier this year, the parents attempted to cross the border to support Kevin following his terminal colon cancer diagnosis, but authorities detained them in Arizona.
- NBC Chicago reported that DHS previously denied humanitarian parole and visas due to the family's unlawful entries, yet an immigration judge ordered their expedited release following Kevin's public plea.
- The Mexican consulate and lawmakers advocated for the family's reunion, which moved a federal judge to grant the parents' release, enabling their travel to Mexico.
- Diagnosed earlier this year, Kevin battles terminal colon cancer that has spread to his stomach and lungs, with doctors informing him that treatment is no longer an option.
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The parents of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen with terminal colon cancer were reunited with their son a day after they were released from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detention center in Arizona.
Parents released from Arizona DHS facility reunite with their teen son dying of cancer
The parents of an 18-year-old US citizen who has terminal colon cancer have been reunited with their son a day after they were released from a Department of Homeland Security detention facility in Arizona.
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After a long journey, the parents of Kevin González, a young man with terminal cancer, are a few hours away from meeting his son. According to the boy’s grandmother, in at least three hours they could be in Durango, Mexico. Isidoro González Avilés and Norma Anabel Ramírez Amaya had been arrested by immigration authorities in the United States, when they tried to enter without documents to be with their son, who by then resided in Chicago.
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