José Gregorio González successfully donated his kidney to his own brother in hopes of saving his life in August 2025.
ICE temporarily released González from a Broadview facility in April 2025.
According to his attorney in 2025, González was granted supervised release for one year to care for his dying sibling and donate a kidney to him.
González was detained by ICE earlier in the year in 2025 while accompanying his brother, José Alfredo Pacheco, to a dialysis appointment. Pacheco, of Cicero, had end-stage kidney failure and needed a transplant.
The Resurrection Project, the group representing González, said González successfully donated his kidney to Pacheco on August 15, 2025. The surgery was done at a Chicago-area hospital.
The Resurrection Project says González does not have a criminal background.
González now facing possible deportation now that he is in ICE custody once again.
His attorney, Peter Meinecke, is preparing a new request for humanitarian parole.
ICE said in a statement in April 2025, "Jose Gregorio Gonzalez, 43, is a citizen of Venezuela who has been ordered removed to his home country by an immigration judge... Gonzalez was arrested and placed in ICE custody March 3 without incident. After providing proper documentation ICE granted Gonzalez a temporary stay on humanitarian grounds."
ABC News contributed to this report.