U.S. Customs And Border Protection: ALLENTOWN, Pa.

Fidel Merlos-Lopez Dept: Attorneys for Fidelmar Fidel Merlos-Lopez are trying to win humanitarian parole so he can attend the funeral, but say U.S. Customs and Border Protection has rebuffed their efforts, according to The Chronicle Herald. I told the customs officer that all I want is a permit to see my boy for one last time. They treat me as if I am a criminal, Lopez, 34, a bus driver, said in an interview Saturday. Right now, I need their support, and they are refusing to help me. ALLENTOWN, Pa. A Mexican national said he has been barred from entering the United States to bury his 10-year-old son, a U.S. citizen who died Tuesday in a house fire in northeastern Pennsylvania that killed three other people. Damien Lopez died in a Shenandoah row house along with his cousin, aunt and seven-month-old half-brother. The funeral is set for Monday, with burial the next day. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.