The family of José Gonzalez stood on the driveway of his West Palm Beach home on Dec. 22 like runners at the starting line, waiting to see the longtime Palm Beach restaurant manager for the first time since immigration agents detained him 12 days before.
Then they sprinted.
With tears of joy in their eyes, his younger brother, Javier Gonzalez, his nephew and niece, Michael and Gisselle Brizuela Gonzalez, and his girlfriend, Darlene Mendoza, sprinted toward the 53-year-old man and held him in a tight group hug on the driveway, still in disbelief he was home, Mendoza said…