Juan's black tennis shoes sit at the end of his bed, a baseball cap is pulled low on his head and tubes snake out from under a blanket to a machine humming beside him that is taking blood from his arm, cleaning it and pumping it back into his body. Juan, 43, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who asked that his identity be concealed due to fears of deportation, is receiving dialysis for kidney failure at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital.
Advocates for an immigrant who faces deportation to Honduras despite the need for a kidney transplant say a six-month reprieve won't be long enough. Supporters, including Democratic Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy rallied Thursday evening in front of Hartford's federal building in support of Nelson Rosales Santos, who entered the country illegally 30 years ago.
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono will have undergo surgery to remove on Tuesday to remove a rib lesion, the latest operation in her ongoing battle with stage-four kidney cancer. Hirono first announced her cancer diagnosis in May. She has already undergone a procedure to have one of her kidneys removed.