Ruben Torres Maldonado is coming home to his wife, sick daughter and four-year old son.

An immigration judge granted the 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents bond on Thursday morning, nearly two weeks after he was arrested. His 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment and Maldonado’s arrest drew intense scrutiny from public officials who criticized the case due to the hardship it posed for his family.

Torres was detained at a Home Depot in Niles while his daughter was on a temporary break from cancer treatment at Lurie Children’s Hospital. His attorneys argued that keeping him separated from his family was exceptional hardship.

Torres and his wife Sandibell Hidalgo are parents of not only Ofelia, but also of 4-year-old son, Nathan. Th

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