El Monte's young mother with cancer arrested by ICE could be released on bail

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SAN DIEGO – A judge on Tuesday ordered the release on bail of an undocumented woman detained at the Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, whose case has attracted national attention, as she is primarily responsible for the care of her cancer-sick daughter. ICE agents detained Yolanda Pérez at the door of her home in Los Angeles on February 24. Her lawyer said that the officers were looking for her son, who has a criminal record, and she was a…

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A judge approved on Tuesday the bail for a mother of El Monte, who cares for a daughter with cancer, after she was placed in immigration custody last month. Yolanda Pérez, 50, was arrested on February 24. Last week, she appeared before a judge for her first immigration hearing, during which her lawyer filed a request for a hearing to determine whether Pérez could be released on bail. On Tuesday morning, a judge approved Pérez’s bail, which was e…