CHICAGO — A man in ICE custody amid his daughter's battle with cancer has been ordered released on bond.

During a virtual bond hearing Thursday morning, Judge Eva Saltzman ordered 40-year-old Ruben Torres Maldonado released on a $2,000 bond.

Torres Maldonado is currently in ICE detention in Clay County Jail in Brazil, Indiana. He is requesting to stay in the U.S., claiming it would present a hardship to his family if he was removed. A hearing on that claim is pending.

“I wish you much luck in the future,” Judge Saltzman said. “And I wish your daughter a full recovery.”

Federal agents arrested Torres Maldonado on Oct. 18 outside a Home Depot in Niles. He has lived in Chicago since 2003 and is the father of two children.

Torres Maldonado's oldest child, 16-year-old Ofelia, a student at

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