reporter: manuel gamez is living a nightmare watching his life unravel. he s on his last walk to say good-bye to his 13-year-old daughter who has been on life support since she attempted to take her own life in early july and the pain of knowing his attempts to cross the border failed to make it in time is too much to bear. manuel says he was in a detention facility in texas when he got the news that his daughter had tried to commit suicide by hanging herself. reporter: gamez was given an ankle monitor and a two-week humanitarian parole so he could see his daughter one last time. reporter: why do you think your daughter did this? he says she lost hope that they would be reunited. this family s story captures the
what s that about? none of us would have our children in that position. they are human beings. the crisis at the border is a nightmare. one migrant father from honduras and his 13-year-old daughter. you have to see this story to understand the magnitude of it. [ speaking foreign language ] he is living a nightmare watching his life unravel. he s on his last walk to say good-bye to his 13-year-old daughter who has been on life support since she attempted to take her own life in early july and the pain of knowing his attempts to cross the border failed to make it in time is too much to bear. manuel says he was in a detention center in texas when
reporter: manuel gamez is living a nightmare watching his life unravel. he s on his last walk to say good-bye to his 13-year-old daughter who s been on life support since she attempted to take her own life in early july. and the pain of knowing his attempts to cross the border failed to make it in time is too much to bear. manuel says he was in a detention facility in texas when he got the news that his daughter had tried to commit suicide by hanging herself. [ speaking in foreign language ] reporter: gamez was given an ankle monitor so he could see his daughter one last time. why do you think your daughter did this? [ speaking in foreign language ] he says she lost hope they were going to be reunited. this story captures the reality of desperate families separated by a border.
he s on his last walk to say good-bye to his 13-year-old daughter. who has been on life support since early july. it s too much to bare. manuel says he was in a detention facility in texas when he got the news that his daughter had tried to commit suicide by hanging. he was given an ankle monitor and a two-week parole so he could see his daughter one last time. why do you think she did this. he lost hope they were going to be reunited? yes. this story captures the reality of desperate families separated by order. manuel was an undocumented immigrant who spent seven years living on long island new york,