The Brief
- A disabled North Texas man died in the hospital while his father remains in ICE custody.
- Wael Tarabishi relied on his father, Maher, as his primary caregiver before the Jordan national’s arrest during an immigration check-in.
- ICE denied requests for Maher to attend his son’s funeral, which is set for Thursday, Jan. 29.
DALLAS – The disabled son of a Jordan national who’s been in ICE custody for months has died in a North Texas hospital.
The man’s father and primary caretaker, Maher Tarabishi, says he came here legally in the 90s and has been making annual immigration check-ins up until his arrest in October.
Wael Tarabishi dies
The latest:
Maher’s adult son, Wael, suffered from a rare progressive muscle disorder called Pompe disease. He had been hospitalized twice since his father’s arrest, most recently on Christmas Eve for a problem with his intragastric tube.…