Couple once detained by ICE reunite in Mexico with son dying of colon cancer

The son, who is dying, was reunited with his parents aft they were detained portion trying to transverse the borderline to accidental goodbye.

CHICAGO -- The parents of an 18-year-old Chicago-born antheral dying of terminal cancer who were detained by ICE person present been reunited with their son.

The reunion took spot Saturday successful Durango, Mexico.

Kevin Gonzalez was diagnosed with signifier 4 colon crab portion successful Chicago visiting his member implicit the holidays.

When the terminal diagnosis came, his parent told our sister presumption successful Chicago that she and her hubby applied for exigency visas. They were denied due to the fact that some had been antecedently deported.

His parents, who unrecorded successful Mexico, attempted to transverse the borderline illegally to beryllium with their son. They were detained by ICE and held successful national custody successful Arizona.

The household fought to beryllium reunited.

Knowing helium mightiness person conscionable days near to unrecorded and wanting to clasp his parent and begetter 1 past time, Gonzalez checked himself retired of the University of Chicago Medical Center infirmary past week and flew to his grandmother's location successful Mexico. He hoped that his parents would beryllium released from custody and deported successful clip for him to accidental goodbye.

On Thursday, a justice successful Arizona ordered the merchandise of Gonzalez's parents. On Friday, they returned to Mexico.

Gonzalez's member successful Chicago, Jovany Ramirez, told WLS-TV that his parents were escorted by ICE to the border. That is wherever consulate officials helped them committee a bus, and past an exigency formation was arranged for them to get location arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

A spokesperson for the Mexican Consulate successful Chicago shared the pursuing connection connected Wednesday:

"The lawsuit has been intimately monitored done our Consular Protection Department. However, it should beryllium noted that, owed to the determination of the installation wherever our nationals are detained, nonstop consular assistance falls nether the jurisdiction of the Consulate of Mexico successful Tucson, which oversees that region. They are already successful interaction with the lawyer representing Kevin's parents and pursuing up to further assistance them successful the repatriation process.

"This Consulate General remains successful changeless connection and coordination with our colleagues successful Tucson to proceed providing consular extortion to the family."