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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 01:55 PM Jun 2018

Man scheduled for kidney transplant now facing deportation

Man scheduled for kidney transplant now facing deportation
By PAT EATON-ROBB, ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARTFORD, Conn. — Jun 14, 2018, 1:36 PM ET

Supporters of a Connecticut resident who was scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant this summer are protesting a decision by U.S. immigration officials to instead deport him to his native Honduras.

A rally is planned Thursday afternoon in front of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement offices in Hartford in support of Nelson Omar Rosales Santos, 49, who is scheduled to be deported on Monday.

His family and supporters say Santos entered the country illegally but has lived in Stamford for 30 years, is married to a U.S. citizen and has three children, ages 19, 14 and 11, who were all born in the United States.

He also has diabetes, high blood pressure and is in renal failure, requiring dialysis every two days.

More:
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/man-scheduled-kidney-transplant-now-facing-deportation-55899367

LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142084070

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