Immigration authorities have granted a man whose 5-year-old son has leukemia a one-year stay of deportation.

Jesus Armando Berrones-Balderas was granted the stay on a humanitarian basis, CNN reported.

"In an exercise of discretion, ICE has granted Jesus Armando Berrones-Balderas a one-year stay of removal on humanitarian grounds," Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement Monday.

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"ICE issued a previous one-year stay in June 2016. Berrones-Balderas, who has received a final order of removal, remains enrolled in the agency's Alternatives to Detention program, which requires him to regularly check-in with the local ICE office."

Last week, it was reported that ICE had denied an extension for Berrones to remain in the U.S. and he was scheduled to be deported.

His lawyer, Garrett Wilkes, said Berrones had attended his regular check-in appointments and that he had filed the paperwork necessary for a stay.

Wilkes said he was told by authorities last Thursday that the stay "was being denied."

"We couldn't get any feedback as to why it was being denied. The only response we were getting was no comment," he told CNN.

Wilkes added that he provided more documents to authorities and believes that paperwork contributed to the reversal.

Berrones was brought to the U.S. by his parents in 1989, when he was 1 year old, his wife told HuffPost. When he was 19, he was deported after being caught driving with a fake license. He has since re-entered the country illegally twice.

His son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016 and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.

In 2016, ICE granted Berrones a stay of removal on account of his son's illness.

Last week, Berrones took refuge in a church in Phoenix, a "sanctuary church" offering a refuge for immigrants facing deportation.