A Chicago dad who was detained by ICE immigration agents has finally reunited with his daughter, who has cancer, after the incident caused her health to decline to the point that her treatment was halted.
Ruben Torres Maldanado spent 15 days in federal custody after being detained by ICE agents outside a Home Depot in Niles earlier this month. His 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia Torres, has Stage 4 cancer and desperately pleaded for her father’s release.
She was diagnosed in December with a rare and aggressive form of soft-tissue cancer called metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma and has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Torres Maldanado, a painter and home renovator, has now been released on bond after a judge took Ofelia’s treatment into consideration.
US District Judge Jeremy Daniel had said in an order last Friday that Torres Maldanado’s detention is illegal and violates his due process rights and that he must be given a bond hearing by October 31. Attorney Kalman Resnick detailed Torres Maldanado’s sudden detention during an emotional family reunion on Thursday…