A Charlotte family says their son — a 27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure — was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during last month’s immigration operation known as “Charlotte’s Web.” Federal immigration officials deny the allegation.
An attorney for Williams Javier Toro Enamorado said his client remains in ICE custody as of Monday, and that after he raised concerns about the officers’ alleged actions, ICE agreed not to enforce the voluntary deportation order and to allow Enamorado’s case to go before a judge.
The family says they’re now worried about his health and fear what could happen if he’s sent to a country with far more limited access to dialysis.
A call from 360 miles away
Inside a small living room in north Charlotte, the blinds were closed and the curtains drawn. A family huddled together on a couch while a baby rocked and chirped beside them…