CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Venezuelan man who was temporarily released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in the Chicago area has successfully donated his kidney to his own brother in hopes of saving his life.

ICE temporarily released José Gregorio González a Broadview facility in April.

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According to his attorney, Peter Meinecke, González was granted supervised release for one year to care for his dying sibling and possibly donate a kidney to him .

González was detained by ICE earlier this year while accompanying his brother, José Alfredo Pacheco, to a dialysis appointment. Pacheco of Cicero had end-stage kidney failure and needed a transplant.

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