Chicago father of cancer-stricken teen released on bond from ICE custody

CHICAGO — A man in ICE custody amid his daughter’s battle with cancer has been ordered released on bond.

During a virtual bond hearing Thursday morning, Judge Eva Saltzman ordered 40-year-old Ruben Torres Maldonado released on a $2,000 bond.

Torres Maldonado is currently in ICE detention in Clay County Jail in Brazil, Indiana. He is requesting to stay in the U.S., claiming it would present a hardship to his family if he was removed. A hearing on that claim is pending…

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