18-Year-Old Chicago Cancer Patient Dies Day After Reunion in Mexico with Parents Detained by ICE
The couple spent weeks in detention before a judge ordered their release, and their son died the next day after the reunion.
- An 18-year-old Chicago resident, Kevin Gonzalez, died Sunday following a terminal cancer battle, just one day after reuniting with his parents in Durango, Mexico.
- His parents, Isidoro Gonzalez Avilés and Norma Anabel Ramírez Amaya, were previously deported from the United States after entering illegally and were arrested April 14 near Douglas, Arizona, attempting to re-enter.
- On Thursday, a U.S. district judge in Tucson, Arizona, ordered the release of the parents, moved by the father's plea to be reunited with his dying son.
- Saturday, Avilés and Amaya embraced their son in an emotional moment in Durango, fulfilling Kevin's wish to be with them before he died.
- Rep. Delia Ramirez, who represents the Chicago district where Gonzalez received treatment, argued that rejecting humanitarian visas for families like his does not protect communities.
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Kevin González, 18, died hours after meeting his parents in Mexico, after they were deported from Arizona.
18-year-old Chicago cancer patient dies day after reunion in Mexico with parents detained by ICE
An 18-year-old Chicago-born man has died battling terminal cancer just a day after reuniting with his parents, who were detained by ICE while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to say their final goodbyes.
By Maria Santana, Fidel Gutierrez, Caroll Alvarado, Marlon Sorto and Zoe Sottile, CNN - A Mexican couple detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were reunited with their 18-year-old U.S. citizen son just one day before he died of cancer. The couple, Isidoro Gonzalez Aviles and Norma Anabel Ramirez Amaya, traveled to Durango, Mexico, to be with their son, Kevin Gonzalez, on Saturday night. The teenager died Sunday afternoon, his fam…
Parents released from Arizona DHS facility reunited with their teen son a day before he died of cancer
CNN By Maria Santana, Fidel Gutierrez, Caroll Alvarado, Marlon Sorto, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Mexican couple detained by the Department of Homeland Security were able to reunite with their son, an 18-year-old US citizen, just a day before he died of cancer. The couple, Isidoro González Avilés and Norma Anabel Ramírez Amaya, traveled to Durango, Mexico to be with their son Kevin González Saturday evening in Durango, Mexico. The teenager died S…
Eighteen-year-old Kevin was reunited with his parents in Mexico last weekend, after they had been detained by the US immigration service ICE and deported from the US. The reunion was also a farewell: Kevin had colon cancer and died a day after the meeting.
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