US EditionJudge rules immigration detention of Chicago man with daughter battling cancer is illegal
A judge ruled Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated due process by detaining Ruben Torres Maldonado, scheduling a bond hearing before Oct. 31 amid his daughter’s cancer treatment.
- A judge ruled that the U.S. immigration detention of Ruben Torres, a man from Chicago with a daughter battling cancer, is illegal.
- Torres, who entered the U.S. in 2003, has been living illegally and has a history of driving offenses, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
- While Torres' attorneys argued his daughter's cancer treatment was disrupted due to his arrest, federal prosecutors cited his lack of cooperation as a reason for not releasing him.
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DailyTruthReportJudge rules ICE illegally detained Chicago man whose daughter is receiving cancer treatment
A judge ruled that a Chicago man was illegally detained by immigration authorities and must be given a bond hearing by Oct. 31, as his 16-year-old daughter undergoes treatment for cancer. “While sympathetic to the plight the petitioner’s daughter faces due to her health concerns, the court must act within the constraints of the relevant statutes, rules, and precedents,” U.S. District Judge Jeremy Daniel wrote on Friday. The judge ruled that whil…
Father of daughter who is battling cancer being held illegally and deserves chance at release, judge rules
A federal judge on Friday ruled that a Mexican national whose arrest by immigration agents in Niles last weekend disrupted his 16-year-old daughter’s cancer treatment has been detained unlawfully and deserves a bond hearing.U.S. District Judge Jeremy Daniel ordered that Ruben Torres Maldonado should get that hearing by Friday, giving his lawyers a chance to argue for his freedom.However, Daniel did not order Maldonado’s immediate release. Relate…
Judge says ICE illegally detaining Chicago man whose daughter has cancer
The detention by immigration authorities of a Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer is illegal, and he must be given a bond hearing by Oct. 31, a federal judge has ruled.Attorneys for Ruben Torres Maldonado, 40, who was detained Oct. 18, have petitioned for his release as his deportation case goes through the system. While U.S. District Judge Jeremy Daniel said in an order Friday that Torres' detentio…
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