Authorities transported Gabriel Johnson, 55, to the hospital following “stroke-like symptoms” experienced while in detention. His family is deeply concerned about his health.
Gabriel Johnson entered the United States as a teenager and was granted a withholding of removal. This status prevents his deportation to Liberia.
Leila Register of NBC News, alongside Getty Images and the Johnson Family, reported on this incident on August 8, 2026, at 6:00 AM EDT.
Over two weeks after Gabriel Johnson’s arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), his daughter, Gabri Johnson, received distressing news. Her father, a pastor in North Carolina, had been hospitalized in Texas due to a stroke. Gabri Johnson expressed that since this hospitalization, ICE has left them without updates regarding her father’s medical treatment and current health status.
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