U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported a Mexican immigrant suffering from a rare genetic condition.

David Chavez-Macias had lived in the United States for 30 years before he was deported to Mexico after immigration officials denied a humanitarian appeal to allow him to stay in the country, HuffPost reported.

Chavez-Macias’s attorney, Dee Sull, told HuffPost that the man suffers from Marfan syndrome, a genetic condition that has led to severe heart issues throughout the years.

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His doctors recommended earlier this month that Chavez-Macias have heart surgery, and his attorney filed the appeal to allow him to stay and undergo treatment.

Sull said her client could have trouble accessing proper medical care for his disorder, as the closest urban medical center to his hometown in Mexico is three to four hours away.

However, ICE rejected the appeal, deporting Chavez-Macias after a six-month stay on a deportation order expired this month.

“He was ordered removed by an immigration judge in November 1996,” an ICE spokeswoman said in a statement to HuffPost. “A request for a stay of removal was granted for six months, which concluded Feb. 12.”

Sull said that Chavez-Macias received misguided legal advice for years before being pulled over for a traffic violation in 2013, which led to the deportation order.

Chavez-Macias's wife is currently petitioning to become a U.S. citizen, and the couple has four children protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. His wife and children remain in the U.S.