Man shot in face by ICE gets help with massive medical bills
A Mexican immigrant who was shot in the face by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a raid at his family’s home is getting some help paying costly medical bills.
Community leaders in the Gravesend-Bensonhurst area have joined forces with neighbors to mount a fundraising campaign for Erick Diaz-Cruz, a 26-year-old immigrant from Mexico who is now out of the hospital and recuperating at his mother Carmen Cruz’s home in Gravesend.
Diaz-Cruz, who underwent two surgeries during his stay at Maimonides Medical Center following the Feb. 6 shooting, still faces thousands of dollars in medical bills. Diaz-Cruz was in the U.S. on a tourist visa to visit his mother, officials said.