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Ruben Torres Maldonado is reunited with his children, Nathan, 4, and Ofelia, 16, and wife Sandibell Hidalgo at the family's home in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood on Oct. 30, 2025. An immigration judge granted bond to Torres after he was arrested by federal immigration agents at a Home Depot in Niles while his daughter Ofelia was on a temporary break from treatment for Stage 4 cancer. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Photos: ICE detainee released and reunited with family and 16-year-old daughter fighting cancer

October 31, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Ruben Torres Maldonado returned home to his wife, sick daughter and 4-year old son after nearly two weeks in ICE custody.

Immigration judge releases Chicago dad whose 16-year-old daughter is fighting cancer

October 31, 2025 at 12:39 p.m.

An immigration judge granted Ruben Torres Maldonado bond on Thursday, releasing him from ICE detention. His 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment.

Federal agents bring a detainee into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Oct. 18, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Inhumane conditions and medical neglect alleged at Broadview ICE processing center

October 31, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.

A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials alleges dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being warehoused for...

Brian Kolp carries tear gas near his home that was used by border patrol officers at the scene where residents say a landscaper worker, a resident of the area, and a woman on a bike were detained on the 3700 block of North Kildare Avenue Saturday Oct. 25, 2025 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’

October 27, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

Ofelia Torres, 16, left, and her mother, Sandibell Hidalgo, 40, at their home on Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago. Torres' father and Hidalgo's husband, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers over the weekend. Ofelia Torres was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma cancer in December 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Judge rules ICE illegally detained Chicago father whose daughter is battling cancer

October 25, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.

Ruben Torres Maldonado is 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents while his 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment.

Gas is deployed as a vehicle of federal agents backs down the 3300 block of North Lakewood Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood on Oct. 24, 2025. (Alyson Lewis)

Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side

October 24, 2025 at 6:21 p.m.

Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, said masked immigration agents hit “every corner of the ward” he represents, one of the city's wealthiest communities.

A crowd confronts federal agents after a raid at the Discount Mall on West 26th Street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Midway Blitz leader Greg Bovino ordered into court after feds defend using tear gas on residents in Little Village

October 24, 2025 at 8:21 p.m.

In the statement, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Border Patrol agents were near 27th Street and Whipple Ave when they were surrounded by a large crowd of “75 to 100”...

Ofelia Torres, 16, is wheeled through the lobby of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 23, 2025, after a hearing for her father, Ruben Torres Maldonado, who was detained by ICE agents outside a Niles Home Depot. Ofelia is in treatment for a rare form of metastatic cancer. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Federal judge postpones ruling on detained father of sick teen

October 23, 2025 at 6:06 p.m.

During a hearing, a federal prosecutor acknowledged the “very serious situation” facing the Torres family.

An angry crowd faces off with Border Patrol agents after a raid at the Discount Mall on West 26th Street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct. 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino accused of violating judge’s order by throwing tear gas at crowd in Little Village Thursday

October 23, 2025 at 8:54 p.m.

Federal immigration officials were in Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side Thursday for the second time in two days.

Federal agents, including Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, descend on Smart Wash Laundry, on the 3100 block of South Pulaski Avenue in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct. 22, 2025. (Tina Rosales)

Immigration agents swarm Little Village and Cicero, arresting at least 7, including US citizens

October 22, 2025 at 7:35 p.m.

Immigration agents took at least seven people into custody in Little Village and Cicero on Wednesday, according to community leaders.

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