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A Manhattan green card holder detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three months was released to reunite with his disabled son just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

When Heury Gomez returned home on Nov. 22, he said his first order of business was eating a decent meal, then seeing his mother and 18-year-old son Noah, who lives in a hospital in Westchester County. Gomez is the sole caretaker for Noah, who is non-verbal, suffers epilepsy and depends on a tracheostomy tube.

Gomez’ cousin, Carolina Zapata, described the father and son’s reunion as a “beautiful moment,” that brought her to tears.

“I was filled with so much emotion. I was so happy,” Gomez, 43, said in Spanish. “Noah was really happy. He was smiling

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