Harvard Student Stranded in Mexico with Dying Mother Allowed to Return Home
Hetty Chang and Samia Khan - NBC4 News
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October 15, 2014
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Harvard Student Stuck in Mexico to Return to US (Associated Press)

A 21-year-old Harvard student who took his dying mother to Mexico to receive treatment and in turn violated immigration rules has been granted permission to return to the United States after being stranded for months.

Dario Guerrero Meneses and his mother left Long Beach in July to find medical help in Mexico when chemotherapy had failed, aware that his illegal status could prevent him from ever returning to United States once he left.

“I don't think I’d be able to forgive myself for letting her basically continue the decline in her condition,” Meneses said.

Meneses mother died in August ... Tuesday, Meneses was granted permission to return home.

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