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

The 40-year-old Portage Park man’s 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment. Maldonado’s arrest at a Home Depot and the government’s refusal to voluntarily allow him out on bond while his case is ongoing drew intense scrutiny from public officials who said it was cruel. An immigration judge ordered him released from an Indiana jail on Thursday and he was home that night.

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