A local Manatee County mom is pleading with the federal government to release her husband, who was taken by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about four months ago.

Benita Cantero is pleading for her husband's return, while also fighting for her life. She is dying and is in dire need of a liver transplant.

WATCH: Manatee County mom in urgent need of liver transplant pleads for husbands release from ICE custody

Tampa Bay 28 reporter Annette Gutierrez met up with Cantero in Bradenton to listen to her story and her plea for help.

In Spanish, she said, the doctors said, since they haven't found a cause, a transplant is the only solution.

Cantero suffers from an autoimmune disease that has caused her liver to fail. But she can't get a transplant because she is also undocum

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