Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization

ARLINGTON, Texas — Less than a month after demanding the release of a North Texas father detained by ICE, the disabled son of that man has died, the family confirmed.

According to a press release, Wael Tarabishi was pronounced dead at about 1:55 p.m. Friday in the ICU at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. He was 30.

“Today, he passed without his beloved father, primary caretaker and constant life companion, Maher, by his side,” the Tarabishi family said in a press release. “Now, Wael’s family calls on ICE — and all other agencies and officials with applicable power — to release Maher Tarabishi so that he may attend his son’s funeral.”…

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