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Dialysis patient Ignacio Mesa, 50, takes a series of pills in his makeshift bedroom in the garage of his daughter's house. Suffering from kidney failure, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure and other health ailments he depends on the medication and treatments at the Southgate Dialysis Clinic three days a week to survive. On Thursday he was scheduled for deportation on Monday but that was exteneded again until Friday. He has no family living back in Mexico and without treatment fears dying alone. -
Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, who suffers from kidney failure, looks over medical paperwork before going to U.S. immigration to try and stop his deportation. "They are playing with my life," he said. Mesa depends on going to the Southgate Dialysis Clinic three days a week to survive. He is worried he will die if he gets deported back to Mexico because of his medical condition. He has two felony convictions for drug transport/sale on his record, the more recent one in Sacramento in 2008. -
Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, suffers from kidney failure and depends on going to the Southgate Dialysis Clinic three days a week to survive. He is scheduled to be deported soon from drug transport/sale on his record. He was supposed to be deported two years ago, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Endorcement allowed him more time for his medical care. He is now scheduled to go to Juarez but would have to pay for his treatments. Mexico's Seguro Popular the equivalent of Medicaid, doesn't cover dialysis. It will cost him about US $100 per treatment. -
Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, who suffers from kidney failure and other complicated health ailments pulls on his jacket over his left arm that is bandaged from hemodialysis treatment. He lives with his daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren in a converted garage that was cold because heating the space is too expensive. Without his treatment he fears dying alone in Mexico. -
Kidney dialysis patient Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, right, waits to go to U.S. Immigration next to his grandson Martin Diaz, 10, left, and granddaughter Alexandra Diaz, 7, in foreground. He has lived in the United States the past 26 years, mostly working in the Sacramento area. He is due to be deported to Mexico where he has no relatives. -
Dialysis patient Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, right, wipes tears with his grandson Martin Diaz, 10, left, from the fear of deportation. He suffers from kidney failure for which he receives hemodialysis three times a week--without that, he would quickly die. He was supposed to be deported two years ago, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement allowed him more time for his medical care. His appeal to stay in the U.S. has been denied and on Thursday he was scheduled for deportation on Monday after his last dialysis treatment. On Monday he was rescheduled again for Friday. "This is so stressful, " he said. -
Kidney dialysis patient Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, waits for his deportation date at the Federal Building in Sacramento. After a series of postponements he now has learned he will be deported to Juarez, Mexico where he would have to pay for dialysis treatment. His family can't afford that. "I feel like such a burden on my family. I wish I could just go to sleep and not wake up," he said. -
Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, left, who suffers from kidney failure, listens with his grandson Martin Diaz, 10, daughter Alondra Mesa, 27, center, and granddaughter Alexandra Diaz, 7, right, to Alejandro Celorio Alcantara, left, describe Tijuana, Mexico the city he will be deported to at the Mexican Consulate. At the office he was given a passport and $200 dollars. The family is concerned he won't get the medical treatment he needs to survive in Mexico. Since that meeting he has learned he will go to Juarez where treatment would be to costly for him. -
Dialysis patient Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, wipes tears as he prepares to leave the Mexican consulate as his daughter Alondra Mesa, 27, and grandchildren Alexandra Diaz, 7, and Martin Diaz, 10, head down to the Federal Building to wait on U.S. Immigration officials to determine if he will be deported that day. His bags were packed in his van but he didn't have to unload them. He has lost his appeal and will be deported soon. -
Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, who suffers from kidney failure wipes tears before leaving the Mexican Consulate to head downtown and hear whether he will be deported from U.S. Immigration officials. Born in Michoaca, Mexico, he has been in the U.S. for about 26 years, mostly working in Sacramento. He has two felony convictions for drug transport/sale on his record, the more recent one in Sacramento in 2008. He was supposed to be deported two years ago but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement allowed him more time for his medical care. -
Not knowing whether her father Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, center left, will be deported Alondra Mesa, 27, right, photographs him with his grandchildren Alexandra Diaz, 7, right, and Martin Diaz, 10, left. Suffering from kidney failure Mesa depends on going to the Southgate Dialysis Clinic three days a week for treatments to survive. He is worried he will die if he gets deported back to Mexico and can't get the same treatment as in the United States. Photo taken January 05, 2012 in Sacramento, California -
Tears stream down the face of Alondra Mesa, 27, while she awaits on a decision from U.S. Immigration officials on whether her father Ignacio Mesa Viera, 50, will be deported. "My greatest worry is that he will die there, alone," said Alondra. Mesa, who suffers from kidney failure and other complicated health issues depends on hemodialysis treatments three days a week at the Southgate Dialysis Clinic. At that time on Thursday he was told he will have his last treatment on Monday Jan. 9 before he is deported. After a series of postponements he has now learned he will be deported to Juarez, Mexico. Photo taken January 05, 2012 in Sacramento, California
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