Twice Denied US Visa, Mexican Transplant Patient Given Humanitarian Pass Fox News Latino | |
go to original March 31, 2015 |
Jose Chua Lopez (left) holds hands with his mother, Myra Lopez Martinez, during a news conference last May in Hermosillo, Mexico. (AP)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security gave a 90-day humanitarian pass to a 20-year-old Mexican man seeking a double heart and liver transplant, his mother said Monday.
The document, which José Chua received and a copy of which was shared with the Associated Press, grants him a temporary stay in the U.S. to seek medical treatment. It comes after Chua was twice denied a tourist visa.
"I don't have words to express my gratitude to everyone who has prayed for us and have helped us find a solution," said Mayra López, Chua's mother.
Chua was born with only one ventricle in his heart, causing circulation problems that mean blood reaches only one of the four chambers. His liver has also been damaged and he needs a heart and liver double-transplant, a procedure that is not performed in his home country.
The so-called "humanitarian parole" can be renewed while Chua is in the U.S. If Chua, who plans to seek treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is accepted for the transplant, the wait for organs could be long.
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