Kidney donor detained by ICE before life-saving transplant can take place

Jose Alfredo Pacheco Gonzalez needs a life-saving kidney transplant due to end-stage kidney failure, as reported by his doctors. His brother, Jose Gregorio Gonzalez, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs on March 3 and faces deportation to Venezuela.

Community members and officials are urging immigration authorities to release Jose Gregorio Gonzalez on humanitarian parole so he can donate a kidney to his brother.

Without Jose Gregorio Gonzalez’s donation, Jose Alfredo Pacheco Gonzalez may face a four to five-year wait for a cadaver kidney transplant.