ICE detain autistic child at unknown location—now mother & son finally reunited after separated for 50 days.
He asked to use bathroom and disappeared—he was helping family sell fruit—not alone or "unaccompanied."
Mother reported him missing 6 days in a row—turns out ICE had him classified as "unaccompanied minor" and detained.
Mother called local police to file a report—but wasn't told her son was detained at the Refugee Resettlement Office until a week later.
Then he had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency appendix surgery—especially terrifying to go through alone for the 15-year-old boy who functions "like a 4-year-old" due to his autism.
Emmanuel Gonzalez-Garcia and his mother still are at risk of deportation—but he was finally released back into her custody in Houston, Texas. #DemsUnited