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

BERWYN, Ill. (WGN) — Immigration rights activists, community members and elected officials are calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release a detainee who was preparing to make an organ donation to save his brother's life.

A vigil was held Monday evening for José Gregorio, a 43-year-old from Venezuela, who has been held in an immigration detention center for nearly a month.

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Gregorio was preparing to donate a kidney to his brother...