DETROIT, MI (AP)— Lawyers say federal authorities are keeping a Michigan man in custody in a deportation case, despite his life-threatening leukemia.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is seeking a bond hearing for Jose Contreras-Cervantes. It could allow him to return to his Detroit-area family and doctors while his case winds through immigration court.
The Trump administration is refusing to agree to bond hearings for immigrants if they entered the U.S. illegally. The ACLU is challenging the policy.
Contreras-Cervantes has been in custody for two months. At one point, the married father of three missed three weeks of medication.
