He came to the U.S. to support his sick child. Then he disappeared from a Texas detention facility.

BY MELISSA SANCHEZ, PROPUBLICA, PERLA TREVIZO,THE TEXAS TRIBUNE AND PROPUBLICA

On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.

He asked her to record a message so there would be some lasting evidence of his story.