Overview
- An immigration judge ordered Kevin Gonzalez’s parents released from ICE custody with a transfer to Nogales so they can meet him in Mexico.
- The couple had been held in Arizona after trying to cross the border to see their son following travel visa denials tied to prior deportations.
- The Department of Homeland Security said they did not seek humanitarian parole and instead applied for B1/B2 visas that were refused because of past unlawful entries.
- Kevin, 18 and born in Chicago, has stage 4 colon cancer that has spread, and doctors say no treatment remains as he stays in Durango with relatives.
- The Mexican Consulate in Tucson and lawmakers, including Rep. Joaquin Castro, urged authorities to weigh the family’s plight.