A reunion two weeks within the making occurred Thursday, as a father detained by immigration brokers was reunited together with his daughter amid her most cancers combat.
Ruben Torres Maldanado spent the final 15 days in federal custody after he was detained by immigration brokers exterior a Niles Dwelling Depot in mid-October.
Now, he has been freed on bond, and he’s hoping that he may be granted authorized standing in the US as his court docket case continues. However first, he needed to reunite together with his daughter, who has been present process remedy for Stage 4 most cancers.
Torres Maldanado was held on the ICE processing facility in Broadview earlier than being transferred to a detention heart in Indiana, in line with activists who labored for his launch.
His daughter Ofelia Torres was lately discharged from a hospital amid her combat in opposition to most cancers, and pleaded with federal authorities for her father’s launch.
A decide took her remedy into consideration in a listening to this week, ordering a $2,000 bond for Torres Maldanado to be launched from custody.
Kalman Resnick, one of many people who labored arduous for the daddy’s launch, described the detention intimately throughout an emotional household reunion Thursday.
“The ICE officers broke the window of Ruben’s pick-up truck compelled him out of the automotive, by no means introduced a warrant, refused to let him make a name to his spouse regardless of his pleas that he had a severely unwell daughter and held him in obligatory detention,” Resnick stated.
Resnick stated the detention had an hostile impact on Ofelia’s well being.
“The chemotherapy was interrupted by this expertise that the household had as a result of the daughter’s bodily and emotional scenario had declined on account of her father’s detention, and the hospital couldn’t proceed with chemotherapy due to her situation,” Resnick stated.
Torres Maldanado has lived within the nation since 2003, and has two kids within the U.S., in line with activists. He’s now looking for everlasting residency after residing within the nation for 20 years, and together with his daughter’s well being in consideration.
The Division of Homeland Safety issued a press release citing his driving document and a number of costs which were filed in opposition to him for driving with out insurance coverage when discussing his detention.
A spokesperson additionally stated Torres Maldanado didn’t adjust to officers’ orders throughout a cease when he was detained.
“Throughout Ruben Torres Maldanado’s arrest he didn’t adjust to directions from the officers and tried to flee in his automobile and backed right into a authorities automobile,” the spokesperson stated. “The Trump administration is dedicated to restoring the rule of regulation and customary sense to our immigration system.”
Activists stated Torres Maldanado has not been convicted of against the law, and challenged characterizations of him amid the continuing authorized combat.
“ICE stated horrible issues about Ruben they usually have been lies. The truth is, the ICE legal professional at this time stated Ruben had no prison document, Mr. Torres Maldonado was topic to obligatory detention that was in opposition to the Structure,” Resnick stated.
