Ruben Torres Maldonado’s case is set to be heard in immigration court Thursday morning, five days after he was picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers outside of a Home Depot in northwest suburban Niles.

Since Saturday, the 40-year-old Torres Maldonado has been held at an ICE facility in suburban Broadview awaiting his first court hearing.

Torres Maldonado’s family includes his 16-year-old daughter Ofelia who suffers from a rare and aggressive form of cancer and who had just been allowed to return from Lurie Children’s Hospital less than a day before her father was aggressively approached by four masked ICE agents forcibly removed him from his own car, according to a report in Block Club Chicago.

U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez joined community and elected leaders Wednesd

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